How to Delete Infinite Rows in Excel?

There’s something common and irritating about spreadsheets with unnecessary rows or blank rows. But no worries, there are several ways in Excel to avoid these unwanted rows and they are quite easy to delete. In this article, we’re going to take a look at 5 ways to delete infinite rows from our Excel data.

How to Delete Infinite Rows in Excel: 5 Easy Ways

Method 1: Changing Sheet Properties to Delete Infinite Rows

Let me introduce our dataset first. For this operation, I have made a dataset that represents some products’ names, order dates, and prices.

We can change the sheet properties and make the number of active cells as much as we need. In that way, the number of active cells will be less and the infinite rows will be deactivated. Follow the steps below.

🔶 Steps:

At first, we will go to the Developer tab in the Ribbon. Click on Properties under the Control section. The Properties dialog box will appear.

Second, we will go to the Scroll Area in the box and write our desired range in the adjacent cell. Here our Excel sheet has active data from A1 to E12. So we will write $A$1:$D$12 in the cell and press Enter.

Now we will see we can’t select cells past this $A$1:$D$12 range.

Method 2: Apply Find & Select Tool to Erase Infinite Rows in Excel

In this method, I’ll use the Find & Select tool to delete blank infinite rows in Excel. It will be useful when you’re working with large spreadsheets. For this method, I have placed two blank rows in my dataset.

🔶 Step 1: Use the Home Tab to Select Special Criteria

Select data range from the dataset.
Click successively: Home > Editing > Find & Select > Go To Special.

A dialog box named “Go To Special” will open up then.

🔶 Step 2: Finding Out Blank Rows

Give mark on Blanks option.
Then just press OK.

The blank rows are now highlighted in the dataset.

🔶 Step 3: Deleting Blank Rows In Excel

Then right-click your mouse and click Delete from the context menu.

We’ll get a new dialog box then.

🔶 Step 4: Shifting All the Rows up to Fill up the Blank Space

Put a mark on the Entire row option and press OK.

Now you’ll observe that the blank infinite rows are gone.

Method 3: Use Delete Tab to Delete Infinite Rows in Excel

Here, we’ll do the same operation using the Delete tab from the Home ribbon. It’s quite easy.

🔶 Steps:

Select the rows that you want to remove.
Click as follows: Home > Cells > Delete > Delete Sheet Rows.

You will find that the rows are no more now.

Method 4: Insert Filter Option to Remove Infinite Rows in Excel

The FILTER option filters a range of data based on supplied criteria. We’ll apply it here in our method to delete some blank infinite rows in Excel.

🔶 Step 1: Triggering Filter Menu

Including your title select the data range.
Then click: Data > Sort & Filter > Filter

You will get the filter icon in every title box of your dataset.

🔶 Step 2: Selecting Blank Cells

Click any filter icon and then the filtering options will open up.
Now unmark everything without the (Blanks) option.
Just hit the OK tab then.

You will spot that it is showing only the blank rows now.

🔶 Step 3: Deleting Blank Rows

Pick those blank infinite rows and right-click your mouse.
Press Delete Row from the context menu.

Those blank rows are deleted. Now we’ll try to get back our other rows.

🔶 Step 4: Reselecting the Data

Click the filter icon again.
Give a mark on the (Select All) option.
Finally, press OK.

Here are our other filled rows that are back now.

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Method 5: Embed Excel VBA to Limit Scroll Area

If you like to work with VBA in Excel then I can give you the easiest way to erase infinite rows in Excel.

🔶 Step 1: Triggering VBA Window

Right-click your mouse on the sheet title.
Select View Code from the context menu.

A VBA window will open up.

🔶 Step 2: Inserting the code

Now type the codes given below.

Sub All_WC_SCROLL LIMIT()

Dim ws As Worksheet

For Each ws In Application.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
      ws.ScrollArea = ws.UsedRange.Address
Next

End Sub

Then press the Play icon to run the codes.
Finally, you will notice the result below. We will not be able to go beyond the used cell limit.

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Conclusion

I hope all of the methods described above will be helpful enough to delete infinite rows in Excel. Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section and please give me feedback.

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