Delete All Comments in a Worksheet in Excel Macro

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Excel macro that will delete all of the comment contained within the active or current worksheet in Excel. This macro deletes only the in-cell comments in Excel.

This is a great way to quickly and effectively clean up your Excel worksheets. This saves you the hassle of deleting comments by hand and is very useful for people who make a lot of notes when developing a spreadsheet in Excel but don't want the end users to view the comments in Excel.

Where to install the macro:  Module

Excel Macro to Delete All Comments in a Worksheet

Sub Remove_All_Comments_From_Worksheet()

Cells.ClearComments

End Sub





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How to Install the Macro
  1. Select and copy the text from within the grey box above.

  2. Open the Microsoft Excel file in which you would like the Macro to function.

  3. Press "Alt + F11" - This will open the Visual Basic Editor - Works for all Excel Versions.  Or For other ways to get there, Click Here.

  4. On the new window that opens up, go to the left side where the vertical pane is located. Locate your Excel file; it will be called VBAProject (YOUR FILE'S NAME HERE) and click this.

  5. If the Macro goes in a Module, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  6. If the Macro goes in the Workbook or ThisWorkbook, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  7. If the Macro goes in the Worksheet Code, Click Here, otherwise continue to Step 8.

  8. Close the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor window and save the Excel file. When you close the Visual Basic Editor window, the regular Excel window will not close.

  9. You are now ready to run the macro.

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