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» Close a workbook using VBA in Microsoft Excel

VBA macro tip contributed by Erlandsen Data Consulting* offering Microsoft Excel Application development, template customization, support and training solutions*

CATEGORY: Files, Workbook, and Worksheets in VBA	VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions

If you just want to close a workbook without the user being prompted for any confirmations
about saving the workbook you can simply do this :

ActiveWorkbook.Close False 
' closes the active workbook without saving any changes

ActiveWorkbook.Close True 
' closes the active workbook and saves any changes

ActiveWorkbook.Close 
' closes the active workbook and lets the user decide if 
' changes are to be saved or not

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Clipboard Nuissance
Huade wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

When I auto close out of a workbook with a lot of information stored on the clipboard, even when I use the do not save changes option, excel prompts me to save the data on the clipboard. Is there a way to clear the clipboard through VBA before closing a workbook?

Re: Clipboard Nuisance
Charvak Karpe wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

I also had this problem. Try
Application.CutCopyMode = False
to clear the clipboard.

You could also just copy a single cell to avoid the problem, but clearing it makes the most sense.

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