Different Methods to Unhide Excel Sheets

Unhiding a single Excel sheet is as easy as hiding them. But as a new learner, it is important to know the process. We can unhide the sheet in several ways. We will show each one of them now in this article.

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There are various ways by which you can unhide a single Excel sheet.

Method #1 – Using Right Click

Method #2

This method is more tedious than the above, but knowing different techniques is always a good option.

  • First, we need to right-click any worksheet tabs to unhide the sheet. Once you right-click, you can see the options below. Select the “Unhide” option in these options, and you will see a list of all hidden worksheets. Select the worksheet that you want to unhide and click on “OK.” It will unhide the selected sheet. Now, we can see the worksheet named “WS1” in the “My Sheet” tab.

  • Step 1: To unhide single Excel sheet go to Home > Format > Hide & Unhide > Unhide Sheet.

  • Step 2: Upon clicking that option, as shown in the above image, we can see the below window.

As usual, select the worksheet that you want to unhide and click on “OK.” It will unhide the selected sheet.

Method #3

A more efficient one comes, i.e., using Excel Shortcut KeyUsing Excel Shortcut KeyAn Excel shortcut is a technique of performing a manual task in a quicker way.read more. So, yes, we can unhide the sheet using the shortcut key.

  • Step 1: Just press “ALT + H + O + U + H” to open the unhide sheet box.

  • Step 2: This will open the below window.

Method #4 – Unhide Multiple Sheets

Unhide window can only unhide single sheets at a time, but imagine you have to unhide 10 sheets, then repeating the same set of tasks 10 times is frustrating. So, how do we unhide all the worksheets once?

We can unhide all the sheets by writing the VBA codeWriting The VBA CodeVBA code refers to a set of instructions written by the user in the Visual Basic Applications programming language on a Visual Basic Editor (VBE) to perform a specific task.read more in Excel. Below is the code to unhide all the hidden worksheets in the workbook.

Code:

Sub Unhide_All_Worksheets()

Dim WSht As Worksheet

For Each WSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
    WSht.Visible = xlSheetVisible
Next WSht

End Sub

  • We have used the For Each loop in VBAFor Each Loop In VBAVBA For Each Loop helps the user to inspect and analyze the groups of objects or values individually. It even facilitates performing the specific activity for every object or value by passing a statement or group of statements in this reference.read more to unhide the worksheet. You must copy the above code, go to your worksheet, and then press ALT + F11 to open Visual Basic Editor.

  • Now, insert a new module under the “INSERT” option.

  • In the new module, paste the copied code.

  • Now, run this code. It will unhide all the hidden worksheets in the workbook.

Method #5 – Unhide All Worksheets Except Particular Worksheet

There are situations where we need to unhide all the worksheets except the specific worksheet. In such cases also, we can use VBA Coding. For example, assume you want to unhide all the worksheets except the worksheet named “Workings.”

The below code will do the same.

Sub Unhide_All_Except_One()

 Dim WSht As Worksheet

 For Each WSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
     If WSht.Name <> "Workings" Then
     WSht.Visible = xlSheetVisible
     End If
 Next WSht

End Sub

Now, run this code, and it will unhide all worksheets except the one named “Workings.”

You can change the worksheet name from “Workings” to your worksheet name.

Method #6 – Unhide Only Specific Excel Sheet

Similarly, if you want to unhide only a specific Excel sheet, VBA can do this. For example, if you are going to unhide only the worksheet named “Working,” then we can use this code.

Sub Unhide_One_Sheet()

 Dim WSht As Worksheet

 For Each WSht In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
     If WSht.Name = "Workings" Then
     WSht.Visible = xlSheetVisible
     End If
 Next WSht

End Sub

This article has been a guide to Unhide Sheets in Excel. Here, we discuss how to unhide single and multiple worksheets using different methods in Excel with a downloadable template. You can learn more from the following articles: –

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