Delete all data rows from an Excel table apart from the first

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Just recently I ve been trying to delete all data rows in a table  apart from the first  which needs to just be cleared   Some of the tables being actioned could already have no rows  so I was running it to problems as using  DataBodyRange Rows Count on a table with no rows  just header and or footer  causes errors   I looked all over for a solution an could not find a whole one  so I hope my answer to this question will be useful to others in the future

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I m simply using this  On Error Resume Next Worksheets  quot Sheet1 quot   ListObjects  quot Table1 quot   DataBodyRange Rows Delete  The first line stays in all cases  it is cleared  of course

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The codes above wouldn t work in Excel 2010  My code bellow allows you to go through number of sheets you would like then select tables and delete rows   Sub DeleteTableRows   Dim table As ListObject Dim SelectedCell As Range Dim TableName As String Dim ActiveTable As ListObject   select ammount of sheets want to this to run For i   1 To 3     Sheets i  Select     Range  A1   Select     Set SelectedCell   ActiveCell     Selection AutoFilter       Determine if ActiveCell is inside a Table     On Error GoTo NoTableSelected     TableName   SelectedCell ListObject Name     Set ActiveTable   ActiveSheet ListObjects TableName      On Error GoTo 0       Clear first Row     ActiveTable DataBodyRange Rows 1  ClearContents      Delete all the other rows  IF  they exist     On Error Resume Next     ActiveTable DataBodyRange Offset 1  0  Resize ActiveTable DataBodyRange Rows Count - 1        ActiveTable DataBodyRange Columns Count  Rows Delete     Selection AutoFilter     On Error GoTo 0 Next i Exit Sub  Error Handling NoTableSelected    MsgBox  There is no Table currently selected    vbCritical  End Sub

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This is how I clear the data   Sub Macro3       With Sheet1 ListObjects  Table1           If Not  DataBodyRange Is Nothing Then              DataBodyRange Delete         End If     End With End Sub

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This VBA Sub will delete all data rows  apart from the first  which it will just clear  -  Sub DeleteTableRows ByRef Table as ListObject               Work out the current number of rows in the table         On Error Resume Next                      If there are no rows  then counting them will cause an error         Dim Rows As Integer         Rows   Table DataBodyRange Rows Count     Cound the number of rows in the table         If Err Number  lt  gt  0 Then                   Check to see if there has been an error             Rows   0                              Set rows to 0  as the table is empty             Err Clear                             Clear the error         End If         On Error GoTo 0                           Reset the error handling              Empty the table            With Table             If Rows  gt  0 Then   Clear the first row                  DataBodyRange Rows 1  ClearContents             End If             If Rows  gt  1 Then   Delete all the other rows                  DataBodyRange Offset 1  0  Resize  DataBodyRange Rows Count - 1   DataBodyRange Columns Count  Rows Delete             End If         End With  End Sub

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Would this work for you  I ve tested it in Excel 2010 and it works fine  This is working with a table called  Table1  that uses columns A through G   Sub Clear Table       Range  Table1   Select     Application DisplayAlerts   False     Selection Delete     Application DisplayAlerts   True     Range  A1 G1   Select     Selection ClearContents End Sub

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I have 3 routines which work just fine  just select a cell in a table and run one of the subroutines  Sub ClearTable   If Not ActiveCell ListObject Is Nothing Then     ActiveCell ListObject DataBodyRange Rows ClearContents End If End Sub   and Shrink Table to remove the databody range except from the headers and the first data row  Sub ShrinkTable   If Not ActiveCell ListObject Is Nothing Then     ActiveCell ListObject DataBodyRange Delete End If End Sub   and Delete Table to completely delete the table from the sheet  Sub DeleteTable   If Not ActiveCell ListObject Is Nothing Then     ActiveCell ListObject Delete End If End Sub

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Your code can be narrowed down to  Sub DeleteTableRows ByRef Table As ListObject      On Error Resume Next         gt  Clear Header Row  IF  it exists     Table DataBodyRange Rows 1  ClearContents         gt  Delete all the other rows  IF  they exist     Table DataBodyRange Offset 1  0  Resize Table DataBodyRange Rows Count - 1        Table DataBodyRange Columns Count  Rows Delete     On Error GoTo 0 End Sub   Edit   On a side note  I would add proper error handling if I need to intimate the user whether the first row or the other rows were deleted or not

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I wanted to keep the formulas in place  which the above code did not do    Here s what I ve been doing  note that this leaves one empty row in the table   Sub DeleteTableRows ByRef Table As ListObject  KeepFormulas as boolean   On Error Resume Next  if not KeepFormulas then     Table DataBodyRange clearcontents end if  Table DataBodyRange Rows Delete  On Error GoTo 0  End Sub    PS don t ask me why

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I suggest first clearcontents  then resize Table   Sub DeleteTableRows ByRef Table As ListObject        Dim R               As Range  On Error Resume Next      Table DataBodyRange ClearContents     Set R   Table Range Rows 1  Resize 2      Table Resize R  On Error GoTo 0  End Sub

[excel] Delete all data rows from an Excel table (apart from the first)

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