how to delete a chart using code?

[pwermuth]

How do I delete a chart for which I do not have a name but only the cell the chart is anchored in using code?

I.e. when I created the chart I pasted in in a cell. Now I want to be able to delete it by somehow referring to the cell I pasted it into.

[Tom Ogilvy]

if you have multiple charts:

Dim chartobj as ChartObject
for each chartobj in ActiveSheet.ChartObjects
if chartObj.TopLeftCell.Address = "$B$9" then
chartObj.Delete
end if
Next

If only one
activesheet.ChartObjects(1).Delete

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Tom Ogilvy

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> How do I delete a chart for which I do not have a name but only the cell
> the chart is anchored in using code?
>
> I.e. when I created the chart I pasted in in a cell. Now I want to be
> able to delete it by somehow referring to the cell I pasted it into.
>
>
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[Damon Longworth]

You do not say if there are multiple charts, but if only one:

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Delete

If there are multiple charts, the simplest method is to name the chart upon
creation. With the name, it is easy to refer to the object later.

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Name = "YourChart"

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> How do I delete a chart for which I do not have a name but only the cell
> the chart is anchored in using code?
>
> I.e. when I created the chart I pasted in in a cell. Now I want to be
> able to delete it by somehow referring to the cell I pasted it into.
>
>
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[pwermuth]

Thank you for your help.

The reason I did not name charts is that I am creating 50-100 at a time and then I do not touch them again in the same Macro. The Macro that is supposed to deleted them is a cleaning Macro so I do not see a way to pass the names of the charts to that Macro.

[Damon Longworth]

I do not know your process, but you could name all charts that will be
deleted with a similar prefix. Something similar to:

DelChart1

Then you could delete all charts that begin with "Del".

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> Thank you for your help.
>
> The reason I did not name charts is that I am creating 50-100 at a time
> and then I do not touch them again in the same Macro. The Macro that is
> supposed to deleted them is a cleaning Macro so I do not see a way to
> pass the names of the charts to that Macro.
>
>
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