When formatting a cell in excel using VBA you may want to make sure you are starting with a clean slate, or removing any possible formatting already on a cell. You can do this by using ClearFormats.

Clear Formats From a Range of Cells

This will clear formats for a range of cells.

 Sub ClearFormats()
      range("a1:c1").clearformats
end sub

If you are working with a large range, you could also loop through each cell to prevent Excel from freezing.

Loop through Cells and Clear Formats

The following example will eliminate the formatting for each cell in a range using a loop:

Public Sub RemoveFormatting()

Dim c As Range



For Each c In Range("A:A")

     c.ClearFormats

Next c



End Sub

 

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