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How To Trigger Or Run A Macro By Clicking A Specific Cell In Excel?
While working with Microsoft Excel, you may know how to run a certain Macro with a Command Button. But do you know how to run
a Macro by just clicking on a specific cell in a worksheet? This article will show you method of triggering a Macro by clicking on a
specific cell in details.

Trigger or run a Macro by clicking a specific cell with VBA code

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 Trigger Or Run A Macro By Clicking A Specific Cell With VBA Code

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The following VBA code can help you to run a Macro by clicking a specific cell in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. On the worksheet with the cell you need to click to run a Macro, right click the sheet tab, and then click View Code from the
context menu.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, copy and paste the below VBA script into the Code window.

VBA code: Trigger or run a Macro by clicking a specific cell

1 Option Explicit
2
3 Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
4 If Selection.Count = 1 Then
5 If Not Intersect(Target, Range("D4")) Is Nothing Then
6 Call MyMacro
7 End If
8 End If
9 End Sub
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Notes:

1. In the code, D4 is the cell you will click to run Macro;

2. Please replace the code name MyMacro with the Macro you will run in the worksheet. See screenshot:

3. Press the Alt + Q keys simultaneously to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

From now on, when clicking on cell D4 in current worksheet, your specified Macro will be triggered immediately.

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Wayne · 5 months ago

This worked perfectly and will save me a load of time - thank you for sharing your knowledge - much appreciated!
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crystal · 5 months ago

I’m glad I could help.

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Simon Jones · 5 months ago

If you want to have multiple macros, cells running different macros on the same page - is that possible?
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crystal · 5 months ago

Dear Simon,
The below VBA script can help you to run different macros by clicking on cells on the same page.

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

If Target.Count = 1 Then
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("D4")) Is Nothing Then Call MyMacro1
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Macro by clicking a specific cell in Excel?
If Not Intersect(Target, Range("D10")) Is Nothing Then Call MyMacro3
End If
End Sub
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Matt · 6 months ago

Trigger Or Run A Macro By Clicking A Specific Cell With VBA Code, couldn't get this to work. I tried it many different way, but it never
acheived what was promised.
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Peter · 6 months ago

This code will only work if you place it in the "ThisWorkbook" module. It does not work on a general module.
workbookname > Microsft Excel Objects > ThisWorkbook.
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PritishS · 3 months ago

This code will work on worksheet code module. You need to right click on sheet tab and click on 'View Code'. This will open
code module for that worksheet only. Then paste the mentioned code.
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