How to Delete Empty Sheets in Google Sheets

In this tutorial, we will show you how to delete empty and non-required sheets from Google Sheets.

Delete an Empty Sheet from Google Sheets

  • First, Open the Google Sheet (workbook) from where you want to delete the empty or non-required sheets.
  • After that, go to the sheet name tab and click on the downward arrow and you will get the drop-down menu opened.
  • Now, click on the “Delete” option and that sheet will get deleted from the current workbook.
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Delete Multiple Empty Sheets from Google Sheets

  • First, click on the sheet name tab from where you want to start deleting the multiple adjacent sheets.
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  • After that, press and hold the “Shift” key and click on the sheet name tab up to which you want to delete all the adjacent sheets.
  • Now, double-click on the tab dropdown arrow and then click on the “Delete” option to delete all the selected adjacent sheets
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Delete Multiple Non- Adjacent Empty Sheets from Google Sheets

  • First, Open the Google Sheet (workbook) from where you want to delete the empty or non-required sheets.
  • After that, press and hold the “Ctrl” key and then click on the sheet name tabs which you want to delete.
  • Now, click on the “Delete” option to delete all the selected sheets.
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  • Once you click on “Delete” a pop-up will get opened to ask you to confirm the deletion of selected sheets and will show you the count of selected sheets.
  • Here, Click OK and the selected sheets will get deleted from the current workbook.
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