Excel resetting “UsedRange”

Question

Don\'t know what I\'m missing, but the examples I see posted do not appear to work.

I import data from a web query. I set the query to clear unused cells when it re

Answer 1

Best code that worked for me:

Sub DeleteUnused()
Dim myLastRow As Long
Dim myLastCol As Long
Dim dummyRng As Range
Dim AnyMerged As Variant
'http://www.contextures.on.ca/xlfaqApp.html#Unused
'Helps to reset the usedrange by deleting rows and columns AFTER your true used range

    'Check for merged cells
    AnyMerged = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.MergeCells
    If AnyMerged = True Or IsNull(AnyMerged) Then
        MsgBox "There are merged cells on this sheet." & vbCrLf & _
               "The macro will not work with merged cells.", vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Macro will be Stopped"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    With ActiveSheet
        myLastRow = 0
        myLastCol = 0
        Set dummyRng = .UsedRange
        On Error Resume Next
        myLastRow = _
        .Cells.Find("*", after:=.Cells(1), _
                    LookIn:=xlFormulas, lookat:=xlWhole, _
                    searchdirection:=xlPrevious, _
                    searchorder:=xlByRows).Row
        myLastCol = _
        .Cells.Find("*", after:=.Cells(1), _
                    LookIn:=xlFormulas, lookat:=xlWhole, _
                    searchdirection:=xlPrevious, _
                    searchorder:=xlByColumns).Column
        On Error GoTo 0

        If myLastRow * myLastCol = 0 Then
            .Columns.Delete
        Else
            .Range(.Cells(myLastRow + 1, 1), _
                   .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1)).EntireRow.Delete
            .Range(.Cells(1, myLastCol + 1), _
                   .Cells(1, .Columns.Count)).EntireColumn.Delete
        End If
    End With

End Sub

Answer 2

Here is how I inserted your code.

    Sheets("Edit Data").Select
'    Range("A6").Select
'    Range(Selection, ActiveCell.SpecialCells(xlLastCell)).Select
'    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
'    ActiveWorkbook.Save
    With Worksheets("Edit Data")
        Debug.Print .UsedRange.Address(0, 0)
        .UsedRange.Clear
        .UsedRange    '<~~ called by itself will reset it
        Debug.Print .UsedRange.Address(0, 0)
    End With

Here is the full used range with data

Here is the used range after your code executed

The end of range should be i7 instead it is still i26

However the code which I commented out does reset range to i7

From what you are saying just to confirm. My commented out code will only work for Excel 2010 and newer. We have some 2007 versions hanging around. For those the workbook will actually have to be closed and reopened for the range to reset?

Note- the code examples were executed on version 2016

Answer 3

Thanks to Claus for having the correct answer, but it is incomplete, and he completed it with a comment on the main post. I'll answer here to combine the useful bits into a single working solution.

Note: I have not tried variations to see which steps are necessary, but these steps work to clear unnecessary used range.

Sub ResetUsedRange()
dim rngToDelete as range

set rngToDelete = 'Whatever you want

rngToDelete.EntireRow.Clear
rngToDelete.EntireRow.Select
Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp

ActiveWorkbook.Save 'This step has been stated to be necessary for the range to reset.

End Sub

Answer 4

This is the solution I used.

Sub CorrectUsedRange()
    Dim values
    Dim usedRangeAddress As String
    Dim r As Range
    'Get UsedRange Address prior to deleting Range
    usedRangeAddress = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Address
    'Store values of cells to array.
    values = ActiveSheet.UsedRange
    'Delete all cells in the sheet
    ActiveSheet.Cells.Delete
    'Restore values to their initial locations
    Range(usedRangeAddress) = values
End Sub

Answer 5

If you call the Worksheet.UsedRange property by itself, it will reset.

    With Worksheets("Sheet1")
        Debug.Print .UsedRange.Address(0, 0)
        .UsedRange.Clear
        .UsedRange    '<~~ called by itself will reset it
        Debug.Print .UsedRange.Address(0, 0)
    End With

This extra step is unnecessary in xl2010 and above with all appropriate service packs installed.

Answer 6

I double checked to make sure all the latests patches and service packs have been installed and they were.

I'm running Windows 10 and Excel 2016 version 16.0.6568.2034

I found that the range would only reset with the

ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Clear

And most importantly

ActiveWorkbook.Save

without the save command the range is not reset