How to Create Button to Link to Another Sheet in Excel (3 Ways)

We will show you how to create a button to link to another sheet by inserting Shapes, using the Button from Form Controls, and the Command Button from ActiveX Controls in Excel. We have 3 Sheets containing the Product name and Sales for 3 consecutive months, named January, February, and March, respectively. Here’s the dataset for January.

Here are the Sales for February.

And here is the dataset for Sales in March.

Method 1 – Inserting Shapes to Create a Button to Link to Another Sheet in Excel

Step 1 – Inserting a Shape

Go to the Insert tab and click on Illustrations.
Click on Shape and select Rectangle.

Insert a rectangle into the sheet by dragging.

Step 2 – Formatting the Shape

Go to the Shape Format tab.
Click on Shape Styles and click on the Theme Style button.

Choose any Theme Style according to your preference. We will select Subtle Effect – Orange, Accent 2.

Type the name you want to give to your button. We will type January in the Shape.
Select the text and go to the Home tab.
Select 14 as Font Size and click on Bold to bold the text.

Select the shape and press Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

Press Ctrl + V to paste the shape.

Type February and March in those Shapes.

Step 3 – Creating a Link to Another Sheet

Select a shape and Right-click on it.
Click on Link.

The Insert Hyperlink box will open.
Go to the Place in This Document Option and select January from Cell References.
Click on OK.

Create links for the other two Shapes with the sheets named February and March.
The shapes will work like buttons to go to another sheet.

Method 2 – Using the Button from Form Controls to Create a Button to Link to Another Sheet

Step 1 – Inserting the Button from Form Controls

Go to the Developer tab and click on Insert.
Click on Button from Form Controls.

Insert a button like the image given below.

Type the name you want to give to your button. We will type January in the button.
Select the text and go to the Home tab.
Select 16 as Font Size and click on Bold to bold the text.

Step 2 – Assigning a Macro

Select the button and Right-click on it.
Click on Assign Macro.

The Assign Macro box will open.
Set January as Macro name.
Click on New.

A Sub procedure named January will be created.
Insert the following code in your Module.

Sub January()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("January").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named January using the Activate method.

Save the code by clicking on the Save button.

Create a button named February by going through the steps given above.

Open the module and use the following code in your Module.

Sub February()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("February").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named February using the Activate method.

Create a button named March by going through the steps given above.

Open the module and insert the following code in your Module.

Sub March()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("March").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named March using the Activate method.

The buttons will be linked to other sheets that you have assigned.

Method 3 – Use the Command Button from ActiveX Controls in Excel

Step 1 – Inserting the Command Button and Editing Properties

Go to the Developer tab and click on Insert.
Select Command Button from ActiveX Controls.

Insert a Command Button like the image given below.

Select the Command Button and Right-click on it.
Click on Properties.

The Properties box will open.
Type January as Caption.

Step 2 – Assigning Code

Select the Command Button and Right-click on it.
Click on View Code.

A Private Sub will be created named CommandButton1_Click.
Copy the following code in your Command Button.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("January").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named January using the Activate method.

Create a button named February by going through the steps given above.

Open another Private Sub named CommandButton2_Click() and use the following code.

Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("February").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named February using the Activate method.

Create a Command Button named March by going through the steps given above.

Open another Private Sub named CommandButton3_Click() and use the following code.

Private Sub CommandButton3_Click()
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("March").Activate
End Sub

Code Breakdown

We activated a Sheet named March using the Activate method.

Click on Design Mode from the Developer tab.

The buttons will be linked to other sheets that you have assigned.

Download the Practice Workbook

Creating Button to Link to Another Sheet.xlsm

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How to Create Button to Link to Another Sheet in Excel (3 Ways)

Method 1 – Inserting Shapes to Create a Button to Link to Another Sheet in Excel

Step 1 – Inserting a Shape

Step 2 – Formatting the Shape

Step 3 – Creating a Link to Another Sheet

Method 2 – Using the Button from Form Controls to Create a Button to Link to Another Sheet

Step 1 – Inserting the Button from Form Controls

Step 2 – Assigning a Macro

Method 3 – Use the Command Button from ActiveX Controls in Excel

Step 1 – Inserting the Command Button and Editing Properties

Step 2 – Assigning Code

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