{"id":4556,"date":"2016-12-28T02:23:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T02:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4556"},"modified":"2023-04-13T08:30:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:30:45","slug":"hide-or-unhide-sheets-in-excel-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/hide-or-unhide-sheets-in-excel-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Methods to Hide or Unhide One or Multiple Sheets in Excel 2016-2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to hide sheets for protection or unhide hidden worksheets for visible in Excel 2016\/2013\/2010\/2007? Here 3 effective methods would be talked about in this passage and you can learn how to hide or unhide worksheets in Excel<\/strong> with them.<\/p>\n

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  1. GUI \u2013 Graphical User Interface<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. VBA \u2013 Visual Basic Application<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Custom View<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 1: Hide\/Unhide Sheets with GUI<\/h2>\n

    It is easy to hide sheets in Excel, but probably unhide multiple worksheets at once would be not so easy to do, if you cannot find an effective way. But as long as you are familiar with MS Excel, you would know the common Hide and Unhide Sheet command<\/strong> in Excel.<\/p>\n

    In Excel 2007\/2010\/2013\/2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    On the Home<\/strong> tab, choose “Format > Hide and Unhide<\/strong>” and select “Hide Sheet<\/strong>“. Or right click the worksheet tab and choose “Hide<\/strong>” option, you could hide single one sheet. Then do the same to hide every worksheet you wish.<\/p>\n

    \"hide<\/a><\/p>\n

    If you want to hide multiple worksheets at once<\/strong>, just need to make full use of “Ctrl<\/strong>”\u00a0or “Shift<\/strong>” button here, then all of selected worksheets would be hidden at a time.<\/p>\n

    1.<\/strong> Hold on Ctrl<\/strong>\u00a0button and choose all the worksheets tabs one by one you want to hide, and choose Hide<\/strong>\u00a0option in right menu.<\/p>\n

    2.<\/strong> Click on the first worksheet tab and hold down the Shift<\/strong> key as you click on the last worksheet tab, and then do like above when you hide single sheet.<\/p>\n

    \"hide<\/a><\/p>\n

    Later, when you need to unhide all the hidden worksheets, you would just have to choose Unhide<\/strong>\u00a0instead of Hide<\/strong> option with the same progress one by one.<\/p>\n

    \"unhide<\/a><\/p>\n

    <\/a><\/p>\n

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    Method 2: Hide\/Unhide Worksheets with VBA<\/h2>\n

    With “Visible<\/strong>” attribute in VBA editor, you can hide and unhide worksheets in Excel through attribute changes.<\/p>\n

    1.<\/strong> Open VBA editor with Alt + F11<\/strong> keyboard shortcut.<\/p>\n

    2.<\/strong> Select the sheet you want to hide in Project <\/strong>window where lists all hidden and visible sheets in your workbook.<\/p>\n

    3.<\/strong> Change the Visible<\/strong> attribute to “xlSheetVeryHidden<\/strong>” in the lower left pane for selected worksheet.<\/p>\n

    \"hide<\/a><\/p>\n

    Close the VBA editor and worksheet becomes hidden. Then if you want to unhide the sheet, open VBA editor again and change the Visible<\/strong> attribute back to “xlSheetVisible<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

    But if you want to unhide multiple worksheets at once in VBA editor, please take following VBA codes instead of changing attribute.<\/p>\n

    1.<\/strong> Press Ctrl + G<\/strong> to open the immediate window in VBA Editor Window.<\/p>\n

    2.<\/strong> Paste the code and press Enter to make hidden worksheets become visible.<\/p>\n