Macro to delete excel file on opening

[dantray02]

Hi, I wish to protect one of my designs so that a workbook will not open after a trial period has expired, or even better will delete itself completely after a particular date.

Is there any way to do this?

thanks.
dan.

[Aaron092]

Hi Dan

Personally, I would say this method is a bad idea as a user can hold shift on load which stops any macros from running.
If you really want someone to try something, I'd do it a different way (perhaps a reduced version?)

But as you asked - the attached should do what you need.

If the date in A1 is less than todays date, it is deleted. You can also change the code to a specific date.
delete book.xlsm

[Kamboj]

use this

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there should be one sheet after delete in the workbook

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