how to delete a chart using code?
 

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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how to delete a chart using code?
 

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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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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how to delete a chart using code?
 

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
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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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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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how to delete a chart using code?
 

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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