Delete rows based on criteria using VBA

VBA code to delete rows based on criteria example will help us to delete rows based on a condition from excel worksheet. We can use Delete method of Rows to delete the rows based on criteria. In this example we will see how to delete the rows in excel worksheet using VBA based on criteria. VBA code for deleting rows based on criteria macro should work for all the version of Microsoft Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel 2010, and Excel 2013.

VBA code to delete rows based on criteria

Here is the Example VBA syntax and Example VBA Macro to delete rows from excel worksheets based on criteria. This will help you to know how to delete specific rows based on a condition from Excel workbook using VBA.

VBA Delete rows based on criteria: Syntax

Following is the VBA syntax and sample VBA code to delete rows based on criteria from worksheet using VBA. We are using the Delete method of the Rows object of worksheet.


If Then Rows(“

[Row Numbers]”).EntireRow.Delete


Here criteria is the condition which you want to check to delete rows. And Row Numbers are the row numbers to delete. And EntireRow.Delete method will delete the Entire rows from the Excel spreadsheet.

: Delete rows based on criteria using VBA: Examples

The following VBA code is to delete rows based on criteria from the excel worksheet. This code will delete the rows (1 to 20) if it satisfy the condition if cell value is 1.

Sub sbDelete_Rows_Based_On_Criteria()
Dim lRow As Long
Dim iCntr As Long
lRow = 20
For iCntr = lRow To 1 Step -1
    If Cells(iCntr, 1) = 1 Then
        Rows(iCntr).Delete
    End If
Next
End Sub

Instructions to run the VBA code to delete rows based on criteria

Please follow the below steps to execute the VBA code to delete rows based on criteria 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 column from row 1 to 20
Step 6: Now press F5 to execute the code

Now you can observe that the rows are deleted from worksheet if cells in Range A1 to A20 contains 1.

Explained VBA Code to Delete Rows based on criteria

Strating program and sub procedure to write VBA code to delete rows based on criteria.

Sub sbDelete_Rows_Based_On_Criteria()

‘Declaring the variable lRow as long to store the last row number
Dim lRow As Long

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

‘Assigning the last row value to the variable lRow
lRow = 20

‘Using for loop
‘We are checking the each cell value if it contains value 1
‘And deleting the row if true
For iCntr = lRow To 1 Step -1
If Cells(iCntr, 1) = 1 Then
Rows(iCntr).Delete
End If
Next

‘Ending the macro to delete the rows based on criteria using VBA
End Sub

Here you can observe that we are looping through the cells from bottom to up. This is is the best approach to delete the rows.