This basic topic is about how to delete a column in Excel using Node.js. It encompasses the details to set up the IDE, present step-wise algorithm flow, and a working example code to delete multiple columns in Excel using Node.js. All the information to remove a single column or a range of columns is presented in this topic for your reference.

Steps to Delete a Column in Excel using Node.js

1. Set up the system environment by configuring Aspose.Cells for Node.js via Java to remove columns
2. Open the source Excel file using a Workbook class object and access the required worksheet
3. Remove the range of specific columns by passing the indices values in the deleteColumns method exposed by the Cells class
4. Save the Excel file with deleted columns on the disk

The above steps exhibit how to remove columns in Excel using Node.js using a few lines of easy code. We will load the sample Excel file from the disk and access the desired worksheet before moving forward to remove any columns. Eventually, save the modified Excel file having deleted columns either in XLS or XLSX format on the disk.

Code to Delete a Column in Excel using Node.js

The above example is only a demo version to demonstrate the API capability to remove column in Excel using Node.js. You can obtain a basic idea from it and may improvise it further to make use of the other overloaded methods or may use the same method and change the range and number of columns to be removed. Additionally, you can also alter the bool value for choosing between updating existing worksheet references or not, as per your implementation logic.

In this article, we have learned how to delete multiple cells in Excel using Node.js. If you are interested in knowing about converting an Excel file to XPS, refer to the article on how to convert Excel to XPS using Node.js.