VBA Delete Columns shift left – Excel Macro Example Code

VBA code to delete Columns shift left example will help us to delete cell and shift left the cells (not entire Column) in the excel worksheet. We can use Delete method of Columns to delete the Columns shift left. In this example we will see how to shift left the range of cell in excel worksheet using VBA if cell contains 0. VBA code for deleting Columns shift left macro should work for all the version of Microsoft Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013.

VBA code to delete Columns shift left

Here is the Example VBA syntax and Example VBA Macro to delete Columns to shift left cells from excel worksheets. This will help you to know how to delete specific Columns shift left from Excel workbook using VBA.

VBA Delete Columns shift left: Syntax

Following is the VBA syntax and sample VBA code to delete Columns to shift left cells from worksheet using VBA. We are using the Delete method of the Columns object of worksheet.


Range("Your Range”).Delete Shift:=xlToLeft


Here Range(“Your Range”) is your range to delete. And Shift:=xlToLeft tells excel to shift left the cells not to delete entire Column.

Delete Columns shift left using VBA: Examples

The following VBA code is to delete Columns based on cell value and shift left the cells from the excel worksheet. This code will delete and shift left the cells (Column 1 to 20) if cell value is 0 (zero).

Sub sbDelete_Columns_IF_Cell_Contains_Zeor()
Dim lColumn As Long
Dim iCntr As Long
lColumn = 20
For iCntr = lColumn To 1 Step -1
    If Cells(1, iCntr)=0 Then
        Range("A" & iCntr).Delete Shift:=xlToLeft 
Next
End Sub

Instructions to run the VBA code to delete Columns shift left

Please follow the below steps to execute the VBA code to delete Columns shift left from Excel worksheets.
Step 1: Open any Excel workbook
Step 2: Press Alt+F11 – This will open the VBA Editor
Step 3: Insert a code module from then insert menu
Step 4: Copy the above code and paste in the code module which have inserted in the above step
Step 5: Enter some sample data in first row from Column 1 to 20 and enter 0 values in some cells for testing purpose.
Step 6: Now press F5 to execute the code

Now you can observe that the cells are shifted left in the worksheet if the cell value is 0 (zero).

Explained VBA Code to Delete Columns based on cell value

Starting program and sub procedure to write VBA code to delete Columns if cell contains 0 value.

Sub sbDelete_Columns_IF_Cell_Cntains_Zero_Value_C()

‘Declaring the variable lColumn as long to store the last Column number
Dim lColumn As Long

‘Declaring the variable iCntr as long to use in the For loop
Dim iCntr As Long

‘Assigning the last Column value to the variable lColumn
lColumn = 20

‘Using for loop
‘We are checking the each cell value if it cell is 0 (equals to zero value)
‘And deleting the Column if true
For iCntr = lColumn To 1 Step -1
If Cells(1, iCntr)=0 Then
Cells(1, iCntr).Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
Columns(iCntr).Delete
End If
Next

End Sub
Ending the macro to delete the Columns shift left using VBA.

Here you can observe that we are looping through the cells from right to left. This is the best approach to check criteria and shift left the cells in worksheet.