Excel - Determine Hidden Rows And Columns

This macro determines hidden rows and columns in a worksheet.

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1 Open MS Excel.

2 Create a blank workbook.

3 Go to Developer's tab > click on "Visual Basic" button or hit Alt + F11.

4 Go to Insert tab > click on "Module" or hit M.

5 Copy the VBA code from below.

6 Paste the code in the newly created module.

7 Go to Run tab > click on "Run Sub/UserForm" or hit F5.

8 That's it!

Code

'==========================================
' Determine Hidden Rows And Columns
'==========================================
Sub determineHiddenRowsColumns()
    ' Set variables
    Dim i As Long
    Dim strAddress As String
    Dim strRows As String
    Dim strColumns As String
    Dim appWorksheetFunction As WorksheetFunction
    ' Set reference to the function
    Set appWorksheetFunction = Application.WorksheetFunction
    ' Determine the hidden rows
    For i = 1 To 1048576
       If Rows(i).Hidden Then
         strRows = strRows & "   " & i
       End If
    Next i
    ' Determine the hidden columns
    For i = 1 To 16384
       If Columns(i).Hidden Then
         strAddress = Columns(i).Address(False, False)
         strColumns = strColumns & "   " & Left(strAddress, appWorksheetFunction.Find(":", strAddress) - 1)
       End If
    Next i
    ' Return a message
    If strColumns <> "" Or strRows <> "" Then
       MsgBox "Row(s): " & strRows & Chr(13) & _
              "Column(s): " & strColumns
    Else
       MsgBox "There are no hidden rows or columns."
    End If
    ' Release the function
    Set appWorksheetFunction = Nothing
End Sub