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    Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    Hi,

    I'm very new to VBA programming for excel macros and I need some help. I'm trying to get Excel to delete entire rows based on the conditional formating i'm using.

    Basically, I want to get rid of all the rows that are of a certain color (let's say green, InteriorColor = 4). I've already come up with a way to delete rows based on color, but I have to take into account the Conditional formating i'm using.

    Here's what I already have:

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    A better approach would be to put the conditional formatting formula in a separate column, and use that for both conditional formatting and as the test criteria for deletion.

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    Alright, i didn't notice the CODE tags, sorry!

    I've included the file i'm using to test this macro on, it will obviously be used on a much bigger database export.

    I changed it so the conditional formating's function is in a separate column (which makes a lot of sense). But I'm a little confused as to what I should base the If Cells verification on or if it's a completely different way of doing it.
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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    The conditional format would be Formula is =B1 or =NOT(B1), depending on what you want.

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    Yeah, the conditional formating wasn't really all that important, I was just looking at a way to identify the cells that are in both lists and then be able to delete them.

    What I'm asking about is how I can delete the rows where the value of the column B is FALSE (meaning that these values are in both lists).

    I thought I could use the code in the first post and modify it so that it would delete the rows where Cells(a,2) = "FALSE" but I seem to be missing something.

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    You can. Post the revised code.

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

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    I know I'm missing something between Cells(a, 2) and the =

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    Awesome.

    Why are you changing the .Calculation to manual though? It works without it.

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    When you delete a row, Excel automatically recalculates. There no need for it, and it will slow things down.

    There is likewise no need to turn screenupdating off.

    Would you please mark the thread as Solved?

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    re: Deleting rows based on Conditional Formatting

    Yeah, I realized that when I tried it with a 28k row worksheet, you're better off turning it off.

    Thanks for everything!

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