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    Faster way of deleting rows in macro?

    I am wondering if there is a faster way to delete selected rows in a macro. I recorded this short macro using data filter to select all rows with nothing in the first column, then deletes them all.

    Cells.Select
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
    Selection.AutoFilter
    ActiveSheet.Range("$A$1:$T$3295").AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="<>"
    Rows("2:65536").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp

    When recording the macro each step works instantly. When running the macro, it works correctly but it takes 30 seconds to run. I suspect that the macro may be slow because of the line: “Rows("2:65536").Select” which runs the macro on all 65536 possible rows. The number of rows in the spreadsheet can vary. In this case the spreadsheet had about 4000 lines.

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    You must edit your post and use code tags (easy with the icon) …

    Cells.Select is for all cells in the 16 384 columns x 1 048 576 rows so a lot, not a great idea !
    Of course with an explanation and an attachment, both smart enough, further help should follow …

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    Re: Faster way of deleting rows in macro?

    I have found this code to work MUCH faster:

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    Re: Faster way of deleting rows in macro?

    @ LonnieC

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