Supposing, you have a range of data in a google sheet, now, you would like to delete the rows based on cell values in a column. For example, I want to delete all rows which contain the text “Complete” in Colum C. This article, I will talk about how to solve it in Google sheets. Delete all rows containing specific text within a column with script code
Delete all rows containing specific text within a column with script codeTo remove all rows which include the specific text in a column, the following script code can do you a favor, please do as this: 1. Click
Tools > Script editor, see screenshot: 2. In the new opened code window, copy and paste the following code into the blank code window, see screenshot: function deleteRows() {
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var s = ss.getSheetByName('delete containing');
var r = s.getRange('C:C');
var v = r.getValues();
for(var i=v.length-1;i>=0;i--)
if(v[0,i]=='Complete')
s.deleteRow(i+1);
};
Note: In the above code, “delete containing” is the sheet name containing the data you want to delete, “C:C” is the column with specific text you want to delete from, “Complete” is the specific text that you want to delete rows based
on, please change them to your need. 3. Then save this code, and then click Run button in the code window to execute this script code, see screenshot: 4. And all rows which containing the specific text “Complete” have been deleted at once, see screenshot:
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