Remove Excel Macros in Python

This short tutorial guides on how to remove Excel macros in Python. It has details to set the IDE, a list of steps, and a sample code to delete VBA project in Excel in Python. It will provide details to select the target module in the VBA project and delete all or a particular one based on the requirements.

Steps to Delete Excel Macros in Python

  1. Set the environment to use Aspose.Cells for Python via Java
  2. Import necessary resources from the library
  3. Start JVM using the jpype library
  4. Load the license to exercise all the features in the product
  5. Load the source XLSM file into the Workbook class object
  6. Get the module collection from the VbaProject property of the loaded workbook
  7. Call the remove(),removeAt(), or removeMacro() method with appropriate arguments
  8. Save the output XLSM file on the disk

These steps summarize the process to remove macros from Excel in Python. Start the process by importing jpype to start the JVM, the cells library to perform the desired task, and load the license if available. Load the target XLSM Workbook, access its getVbaProject, get access to the collection of the modules, and call the remove() or other relevant methods to remove modules.

Code to Delete Excel VBA in Python

This code demonstrates how to remove modules or a VBA Project. The remove() method takes the module name as an argument, the removeAt() takes the module index, and an other overloaded method remove() takes the worksheet reference for removing all the modules for this sheet. For deleting the complete VBA Project, call the removeMacro() in the Workbook class.

This article has taught us the process to access the VBA Project and work with its modules. To add code in a VBA library, refer to the article on Add code in Excel VBA library using Python.