

#DRAFTSIGHT 2016 REPEAT HOTKEY CODE#
Now we have deleted the first file and it didn’t even exist so we can run the code again to check what result we will get. Now, what happens if the file path was wrong or the file didn’t even exist. Only the second file is present and the first file is moved. Step 7: When we run the above code and look at the desktop we can no longer find the first text file we created. Step 6: Now let us delete the file using the Kill Function as follows. KillFile = "C:\Users\CBA_amardeep\Desktop\Sample1.txt" Step 5: Now let us assign the path to this string of the file we want to delete which is sample1. Step 4: Declare a variable as a string which will store the path for the file. Step 3: Now the first step for writing a VBA code is to name the macro as follows. To enter the code window double click on the module which will take us to the code window. Step 2: Once we are in VBA we need to insert a module. It can be found under the developer’s tab. Step 1: Now let us enter into VBA from the visual basic option. Let’s see the examples of Delete File in Excel VBA. For example, I have two files named sample 1 and sample 2. We will find a checkbox that should be checked to enable the developer’s tab. It is done by moving to the files section and then to the options section. Now let us start deleting files by looking at a few examples below.īefore we move to examples always ensure that we have the developer’s tab enabled in order to use macros. The path written after the object name is the argument we need to feed for the killfile function in order to delete any file. Have a look at the screenshot below for reference. How do we get a path of the file? We need to right-click on the file and click on properties which give us different options for the properties of the file once we click on the security tab which is the second number in the tabs we can find the path location under the object name. Now to delete a file in VBA we must have its path. Syntax of Delete File in Excel VBA String = “ Path of the File “Īlways remember that the path of the file should be in the inverted commas. Valuation, Hadoop, Excel, Mobile Apps, Web Development & many more. Now let us look at the syntax which we will be using to delete a file using VBA. But when we use the Kill command in VBA to delete a file the file is permanently deleted from the computer. When we simply delete the file by going through the process of locating the file and right-clicking on it to delete or press the delete button even, the file goes to the recycle bin.

In VBA, we have a kill command which is used to delete a file from its location. So now we have understood the concept of this topic that we need to delete a file by using VBA macros. But how do we do this in VBA is what we will learn in this article. Or we can press the delete button from the keyboard to delete the file. How do we get rid of them? We can simply go and delete each file manually by locating the file and right click on it then, we click on the delete button to delete the file. Sometimes when we work in VBA we create some unwanted files, or we have some unwanted files on our computer.
