How to Remove Rows in Google Sheets Automatically

0:00 I want to show you in this video how to remove rows automatically, so you probably already know you can right click and delete row , you can also select any number of rows, even just the cells , and you can delete rows, and it'll tell you which rows you're deleting here. But, what if you want to delete rows automatically? One semi automatic way is if you right click, delete row , and then you do Command Y. keyboard keystroke that will Continue deleting rows. So let's say we want to delete some rows and keep some other ones We can just select any of these rows and command Y is just redoing the last thing you did So if you ever do something again, so do something else then And you'll be doing that again. So maybe we copy this and paste it. Now our command Y is just the last thing we did. Use Cmd + Y To Do It Again, and Again, and Again Automate Row Deletion in Google Sheets with Apps Script Dylan Asks: How to Automatically Delete Rows If Cell Contains Value How to Delete Rows in Google Sheets

0:46 So that's a semi automatic way to delete rows, but let's look at the automatic way to delete rows. Maybe we have some information and we're just going through it and we want to automatically delete the rows as we go through it. Maybe Diggly. So we go to Apps Script . That's how we're going to do our automations. And we'll just select row two and delete it. So how do we do that? Let's first figure out what sheet we're on. We're on sheet one. So we're going to do spreadsheet app dot get active spreadsheet . Then we're going to do get sheet by name and we're going to do sheet one. Get range . Actually, I don't think we need to delete get range . We can delete row . And now it's going to ask us which row position. What we're wanting to do is row two, because we want to just delete that second row there. And we're going to hit command S and see what happens. Our function , let's call it delete second row. Dylan Asks: How to Automatically Delete Rows If Cell Contains Value Automate Row Deletion in Google Sheets with Apps Script Remove Second Row How to Delete Rows in Google Sheets

1:33 And if we want to right now, we can automate this. We can go over to triggers. But first I want to show you how to do this with a custom menu . So we're going to go to betasheets. co slash snippets. We're going to go look at the custom menu with this two functions . I just want to copy this here. And this is going to create a menu, we're going to call this Automations menu. And we're just going to delete second row. So the second thing here is with the function it runs, but the first text here is whatever we want to show in the menu. So we're going to delete second row. Command S, save that. And make sure it has the orange gone. We're going to close our Apps Script and then we're going to refresh. And once we refresh, it's going to load Apps Script , and once it loads Apps Script , it will have our automations menu. We have a second item here, but the one we care about is delete second row. Spreadsheet Automation 101 Lesson 1: onOpen() Trigger - Custom Menu Automate Row Deletion in Google Sheets with Apps Script Custom Menu - 1 Function Simple Inventory Management Automations

2:21 We may have to authorize the very first time we run it. So we will authorize it with our account. And allow. And then we're going to try automations again. And you'll see here, it worked. Great. So let's go back to our extensions, Apps Script . But what if we want to do that every single day? Before the workday or after the workday? By the way. If you want to delete this second item, we just have to delete this row here. But, what if we want to delete the second row every single day, meaning automatically? Go over to triggers on the left side, and here we have the ability on the bottom right to add trigger . We're going to choose the trigger we want to run, which is delete second row. Our select event source is what we're going to change to time driven. This is what, how we do automatic things. We're going to select the timer to day timer, and we can select an hour in the day time. We're going to select after work, 7pm to 8pm. Different Kinds of Automation Automate Row Deletion in Google Sheets with Apps Script Create an Automated Task List Insert Row Daily Automatically

3:08 Save. And now this trigger is going to run exactly the same thing we just did. So exactly just like this, delete second row, it's going to do that every single day. And if we want to delete this trigger , or we want to edit it, we just go back to let's go all the way over to extensions, Apps Script , it's going to reload. Click over here on the left side, triggers, and it'll be here. Let's do that again. Triggers. Triggers. And it'll be listed here. One thing that's interesting is if you create a trigger , other people and other accounts cannot edit that trigger . Also, if others create a trigger , you cannot edit or delete it. We can delete our own, we can edit our own, if we want to change this maybe to weekly, or maybe every hour. We can definitely change all of these options here. And we can also hit the three buttons on the right side. What Can You Automate in Google Sheets? Every single trigger available to Google Sheet users What Can You Automate in Google Sheets? Every single trigger available to Google Sheet users Built a Cookie Clicker Clone in Google Sheets How to Prevent Delete Tab

3:55 And delete that trigger . So I hope this was really helpful to remove rows automatically in Google sheets. You can select the row, select the sheet you're on. You can use this automations menu in one click, delete it instead of having to right click and delete that row. You can also choose which row you're deleting using this delete row function here. What Can You Automate in Google Sheets? Every single trigger available to Google Sheet users Automate Row Deletion in Google Sheets with Apps Script Remove Second Row How to Delete Rows in Google Sheets