{"id":11299,"date":"2019-12-06T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=11299"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:16:49","slug":"close-all-workbooks-and-save-changes-using-macros-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/close-all-workbooks-and-save-changes-using-macros-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it a regular occurrence for you to have many Excel workbooks at the same time due to multitasking? We can <strong>close all workbooks and save changes<\/strong> for all of them using Excel <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-macros-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Macros\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Macros<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure your Excel has the Developer Tab enabled following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/how-to-create-your-first-macro-button-in-excel-beginners-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below step by step!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Close all workbooks and save changes for all of them<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Copy Source Code:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: vb; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\n\r\nSub CloseAllWorkbooksAndSaveChanges()\r\n\r\nDim workbook As Workbook\r\n\r\n'Loop through all workbooks and close them\r\nFor Each workbook In Workbooks\r\nworkbook.Close SaveChanges:=True\r\nNext workbook\r\n\r\nEnd Sub\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><em><strong>Final Result:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04.jpg\" alt=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-1536x816.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Exercise Workbooks:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEtFxoNVXPU?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes.xlsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes.xlsm\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook 1<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes.xlsm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes2.xlsm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes2.xlsm\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook 2<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes2.xlsm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To demonstrate this, we have two workbooks currently open:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-01.jpg\" alt=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\" width=\"682\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-01.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-01-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Developer &gt; Code &gt; Visual Basic<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10906 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/How-to-Insert-Multiple-Columns-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/How-to-Insert-Multiple-Columns-01.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/How-to-Insert-Multiple-Columns-01-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/How-to-Insert-Multiple-Columns-01-768x131.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Make sure to select <strong>ThisWorkbook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Paste in your code and\u00a0<strong>Select Save<\/strong>. Close the window afterwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02.jpg\" alt=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\" width=\"1641\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02.jpg 1641w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-02-1536x678.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1641px) 100vw, 1641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Let us test it out!<\/p>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Developer &gt; Code &gt; Macros<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unmerge-Cells-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unmerge-Cells-02.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unmerge-Cells-02-300x50.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Unmerge-Cells-02-768x128.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure your <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/101-excel-macros-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"macro\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">macro<\/a> is selected. Click <strong>Run<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-03.jpg\" alt=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\" width=\"618\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-03.jpg 618w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-03-300x280.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With just one click, <strong>all of your workbooks are now saved and closed<\/strong>!<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04.jpg\" alt=\"Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Close-All-Workbooks-and-Save-Changes-04-1536x816.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Close\u00a0All Workbooks and Save Changes Using Macros In Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-66.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/101-Macros-Book.png\" alt=\"101 Macros Book\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/101-Macros-Book.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/101-Macros-Book-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/101-Macros-Book-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/101-Macros-Book-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it a regular occurrence for you to have many Excel workbooks at the same time due to multitasking? We can close all workbooks and save changes for all of them using Excel Macros! Make sure your Excel has the Developer Tab enabled following\u00a0this tutorial. I explain how you can do this below step by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[56,645],"tags":[106],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}