Removes a sheet tab from the spreadsheet.
class SpreadsheetApp method .deleteSheet()
SpreadsheetApp is the Apps Script service.
.deleteSheet() is the method name you will see after a dot in your code.
What it does
Why it's used
- Remove temporary import tabs after processing is done.
- Clean up old weekly tabs as part of a scheduled maintenance script.
Common errors
- Forgetting parentheses on deleteSheet. Write SpreadsheetApp.deleteSheet(), not SpreadsheetApp.deleteSheet or deleteSheet by itself.
- Skipping dots between chained calls. Each step needs a dot, like SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Data').deleteSheet().
- Adding spaces where they do not belong. Write SpreadsheetApp.deleteSheet(), not SpreadsheetApp .deleteSheet(), SpreadsheetApp.deleteSheet (), or SpreadsheetApp . deleteSheet().
- Wrong capitalization. Use SpreadsheetApp and deleteSheet, not spreadsheetapp or deletesheet.
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Related methods
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.insertSheet()
Adds a new sheet tab to the spreadsheet.
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.deleteRow()
Deletes a single row from the sheet.
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.getSheets()
Returns every sheet tab in the spreadsheet.
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.getSheetByName()
Finds a sheet tab by its name.
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.clear()
Removes values, formatting, and notes from a range.
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