Sub MakeandBreak()
Charts.Add
Set thisChart = ActiveChart
thisChart.Delete

End Sub

worked fine for me. Prompted if I wanted to delete the chart

Sub MakeandBreak()
Charts.Add
Set thisChart = ActiveChart
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
thisChart.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

that said, this works because ThisChart is visible to the procedure where I
delete it. I suspect that is not your case. You need to declare thischart
as a public variable - do it at the top of a general module outside any
procedure

Public thisChart as Chart

Sub CreateChart
Charts.Add
Set thisChart = ActiveChart
End Sub

Sub deleteChart
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
thisChart.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

that should work.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




MikeM wrote in message
...
Suppose I create a chart with

Charts.Add
set thisChart = ActiveChart

Why can't I delete it with

thisChart.Delete?