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tiredtoo

(2,949 posts) Sat Apr 14, 2018, 10:35 AM Apr 2018

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Deleting Excel workbooks ?

Have a MacBook with Microsoft excel cannot figure out how to delete workbooks. Any help appreciated.
Thank you.

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Deleting Excel workbooks ? (Original Post) tiredtoo Apr 2018 OP

On a Windows machine, you just right click on the worksheet tab... padfun Apr 2018 #1

If you are talking about workbooks, then just delete the file padfun Apr 2018 #2

Thanks but neither of these work tiredtoo Apr 2018 #3

In excel, a workbook is a file discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2018 #4

padfun

(1,856 posts)

1. On a Windows machine, you just right click on the worksheet tab...

Reply to tiredtoo (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2018, 10:37 AM

Apr 2018

at the bottom, and a context menu comes up. Then hit delete.

padfun

(1,856 posts)

2. If you are talking about workbooks, then just delete the file

Reply to tiredtoo (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2018, 10:42 AM

Apr 2018

and start a new workbook. In VBA, We use workbook to distinguish which file to use. Yes a file can contain multiple workbooks, but that is not good in a shared/server environment. So I just use one workbook (that can contain many worksheets) per file.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)

3. Thanks but neither of these work

Reply to tiredtoo (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2018, 11:25 AM

Apr 2018

cannot find anyway to delete file and right click does nothing

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,578 posts)

4. In excel, a workbook is a file

Reply to tiredtoo (Original post)

Sat Apr 14, 2018, 01:02 PM

Apr 2018

With a mac you locate, open, move and delete files via a "Finder" window.

Each workbook (file) in excel may have multiple worksheets. They are all in the one workbook (file). Typically excel displays a row of tabs across the bottom of the excel window. Each worksheets gets a tab. Deleting a worksheet is done from inside excel. Deleting a workbook would be done from a Finder window.

HTH

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