VBA Delete Chart in Excel

Let us see how do delete the first available chart in the active sheet using VBA. In the below procedure we are using Delete method to delete specified object. Where Number 1 represents the first available chart in the worksheet.

'Delete First Available Chart using VBA
Sub VBAF1_Delete_First_Chart_in_Excel()
    
    ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Delete

End Sub

Delete Active Chart using VBA

The below procedure or VBA code helps to delete active chart in the worksheet.

'Delete Active Chart
Sub VBAF1_Delete_ActiveChart_Chart_in_Excel()
    
    ActiveChart.Parent.Delete

End Sub

VBA Delete Chart by Name from the Specified Sheet

The below VBA code helps to Delete Specified Chart from specified Sheet in Excel. Where “Charts” represents the sheet name. And “Chart 2” represents the Chart name which we want to delete from the sheet.

'Delete Chart by Name from specified Sheet using VBA
Sub VBAF1_Delete_Specified_Chart_in_Excel()
   
    Worksheets("Charts").ChartObjects("Chart 2").Delete
    
End Sub

Delete Active ChartSheet

VBA procedure deletes the active chart sheet as shown below. Where delete is the method to delete chart sheet.

'Delete Active ChartSheet
Sub VBAF1_Delete_Active_ChartSheet_in_Excel()
    
    ActiveSheet.Delete

End Sub

VBA Delete Specified ChartSheet

Let us learn how to delete the specified chart sheet in Excel. We use delete method to delete chart sheet. Where Charts(“Chart3”) represents the Chart Sheet in a Workbook.

'Delete Specified ChartSheet
Sub VBAF1_Delete_Specified_ChartSheet_in_Excel()
    
    Charts("Chart3").Delete

End Sub

Instructions to Run VBA Macro Code or Procedure:

You can refer the following link for the step by step instructions.

Instructions to run VBA Macro Code

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