This quick guide details how to delete comment in Excel using Python. It has the details to set the development environment, a list of programming tasks, and a runnable sample code to remove comments from Excel using Python. It also guides on deleting all the comments with a single command and saving the output file in XLS or XLSX format as per the application requirements.
Steps to Delete Comment in Excel using Python
- Set the environment to add Aspose.Cells for Python via Java to remove comments
- Load the Excel file into a Workbook object having comments in it to remove them
- Access the target worksheet where comments are present
- Access the collection of the comments from the selected sheet
- Call the removeAt() method to remove the comment by passing the cell reference
- Save the resultant workbook in the desired format
These steps provide a comprehensive description of how to remove pop up comments in Excel using Python. During the initial steps, the source spreadsheet is loaded followed by accessing the collection of comments in the target worksheet. There are multiple options to remove comments in the comments collection class for instance removeAt() for removing comments from a particular cell.
Code to Clear Comments in Excel using Python
This sample code provides an example of how to delete comments in Excel using Python. It uses removeAt() method from the comments collection class where you may provide an index, a pair of rows and columns, or the cell name. You may also use the method ClearComments() in the worksheet without any argument to remove all the comments.
This tutorial has taught us to delete a few or all the comments from a spreadsheet. If you want to learn how to add comments to a cell in a worksheet, refer to the article on how to add comments in Excel using Python.