VBA For Each Examples (Quick Reference)

This tutorial will show you examples of using the For Each Loop in VBA. Click here to learn more about loops in general.

For Each Loop

The For Each Loop allows you to loop through each object in a collection:

All cells in a range
All worksheets in a workbook
All open workbooks
All shapes in a worksheet
All items in an array
and more!

For Each: Basic Examples

These examples will demonstrate how to set up For Each loops to loop through different types of objects.

Loop Through Cells

This procedure will loop through each cell in range A1:A10, setting the cell to it’s right equal to itself.

Sub ForEachCell()
    Dim Cell As Range
    
    For Each Cell In Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:A10")
        Cell.Offset(0, 1).value = Cell.value
    Next Cell
    
End Sub

Loop Through Sheets

This procedure will loop through each sheet in a Workbook, unhiding each sheet.

Sub ForEachSheets()
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    For Each ws In Sheets
        ws.Visible = True
    Next ws

End Sub

Loop Through Workbooks

This procedure will loop through each Workbook, closing each one.

Sub ForEachWorkbooks()
    Dim wb As Workbook
    
    For Each wb In Workbooks
        wb.Close
    Next wb
    
End Sub

Loop Through Shapes

This procedure will loop through each shape in Sheet1, deleting each one.

Sub ForEachShape()
    Dim Shp As Shape
    
    For Each Shp In Sheets("Sheet1").Shapes
        Shp.Delete
    Next Shp
    
End Sub

Loop Through Charts

This procedure will loop through each Chart in Sheet1, deleting each one.

Sub ForEachCharts()
    Dim cht As ChartObject
    
    For Each cht In Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects
        cht.Delete
    Next cht
    
End Sub

Loop Through PivotTables

This procedure will loop through each PivotTable in Sheet1, clearing each one

Sub ForEachPivotTables()
    Dim pvt As PivotTable
    
    For Each pvt In Sheets("Sheet1").PivotTables
        pvt.ClearTable
    Next pvt
    
End Sub

Loop Through Tables

This procedure will loop through each Table in Sheet1, deleting each one.

Sub ForEachTables()
    Dim tbl As ListObject
    
    For Each tbl In Sheets("Sheet1").ListObjects
        tbl.Delete
    Next tbl
    
End Sub

Loop Through Items in Array

This procedure will loop through each item in an Array, display each value in a msgbox,

Sub ForEachItemInArray()
    Dim arrValue As Variant
    Dim Item As Variant
    arrValue = Array("Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3")
    
    For Each Item In arrValue
        MsgBox Item
    Next Item
    
End Sub

Loop Through Numbers

This procedure will loop through each number in an Array, display each value in a msgbox,

Sub ForEachNumberInNumbers()
    Dim arrNumber(1 To 3) As Integer
    Dim num As Variant
    
    arrNumber(1) = 10
    arrNumber(2) = 20
    arrNumber(3) = 30
    
    For Each num In arrNumber
        Msgbox num
    Next num
    
End Sub

For Each Loop Builder

The examples in this article were built with the Loop Builder in our VBA Add-in: AutoMacro.

vba loop builder

The Loop Builder makes it very easy to generate code to loop through objects. AutoMacro also contains many other Code Generators, an extensive Code Library, and powerful Coding Tools.

For Each – If

You can also use If Statements within Loops to test if objects meet certain criteria, only performing actions on those objects that meet the criteria. Here is an example of looping through each cell in a range:

For Each Cell in Range – If

Sub If_Loop()
Dim Cell as Range
 
  For Each Cell In Range("A2:A6")
    If Cell.Value > 0 Then
      Cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Positive"
    ElseIf Cell.Value < 0 Then
      Cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Negative"
    Else
      Cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = "Zero"
    End If
  Next Cell
 
End Sub

vba for each cell in range

For Each Common Examples

Close All Workbooks

This procedure will close all open workbooks, saving changes.

Sub CloseAllWorkbooks()
    
    Dim wb As Workbook
    
    For Each wb In Workbooks
        wb.Close SaveChanges:=True
    Next wb
    
End Sub

Hide All Sheets

This procedure will hide all worksheets.

Sub HideAllSheets()
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    For Each ws In Sheets
        ws.Visible = xlSheetHidden
    Next ws
    
End Sub

Unhide All Sheets

This procedure will unhide all worksheets.

Sub UnhideAllSheets()
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    For Each ws In Sheets
        ws.Visible = xlSheetVisible
    Next ws
    
End Sub

Protect All Sheets

This procedure will protect all worksheets.

Sub ProtectAllSheets()
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    For Each ws In Sheets
        ws.Protect Password:="..."
    Next ws
    
End Sub

Unprotect All Sheets

This procedure will unprotect all worksheets.

Sub UnprotectAllSheets()
    Dim ws As Worksheet

    For Each ws In Sheets
        ws.Unprotect Password:="..."
    Next ws
    
End Sub

Delete All Shapes On All Worksheets

This procedure will delete all shapes in a workbook.

Sub DeleteAllShapesOnAllWorksheets()
    Dim Sheet As Worksheet
    Dim Shp As Shape
    

    For Each Sheet In Sheets
        For Each Shp In Sheet.Shapes
            Shp.Delete
        Next Shp
    Next Sheet
    
End Sub

Refresh All PivotTables

This procedure will refresh all PivotTables on a sheet.

Sub RefreshAllPivotTables()
    Dim pvt As PivotTable
    
    For Each pvt In Sheets("Sheet1").PivotTables
        pvt.RefreshTable
    Next pvt
    
End Sub

Using For Each in Access VBA

The For Each loop works the same way in Access VBA as it does in Excel VBA. The following example will remove all the tables in the current database.

Sub RemoveAllTables()
  Dim tdf As TableDef
  Dim dbs As Database
  Set dbs = CurrentDb
  For Each tdf In dbs.TableDefs
      DoCmd.DeleteObject tdf.Name
  Loop
  Set dbs = Nothing
End Sub