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I was messing around in the sheet settings and somehow managed to make a sheet 'very hidden', but I cannot seem to make it visible again. How can I make it visible?

I am using Excel 2010.

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One option is to do it with VBA

Try out the below:

Sub UnHide()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In Sheets
    ws.Visible = True
Next
End Sub

This will show up ALL sheets that are hidden, or very hidden

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    Yeah, Very Hidden can only be unhidden with VBA.
    – BruceWayne
    Sep 28, 2017 at 13:30
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    No, that's wrong. See my reply.
    – NiklasJ
    Sep 28, 2017 at 15:23
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    @NiklasJ The code is not wrong; this will work to set them to visible.
    – TylerH
    Sep 28, 2017 at 15:40
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    @NiklasJ - this code will unhide all sheets in one go, your method will unhide one sheet at a time. Neither is wrong, both are correct. This is the method I would have chosen because I didn't even know your method existed! TIL!
    – FreeMan
    Sep 28, 2017 at 16:48
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    @TylerH I think Nilklas was referring to the implicit statement that you must use code to unhide the cells. His answer does not rely on code.
    – jpaugh
    Sep 29, 2017 at 3:35
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You do it like this:

  1. Open VBA editor (Alt+F11)
  2. Open the VBAProject corresponding to your file.
  3. Open the "Microsoft Excel-objects" folder
  4. Select the Sheet you've hidden.
  5. Go to the properties (press F4)
  6. Change the property "Visible" to xlSheetVisible instead of xlSheetVeryHidden
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In VBA editor, go to the sheet properties and change the below property

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    this is the same method as NiklasJ above ?
    – user775305
    Sep 29, 2017 at 11:34
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    I just noticed, yes it is the same but with picture.
    – Scorpion99
    Sep 29, 2017 at 11:40
  • You should have edited @NiklasJ's answer and added the picture...
    – I say Reinstate Monica
    Sep 26, 2018 at 12:44
  • I accidentally hid the only sheet in a workbook! I tried the above, saved the spreadsheet, and tried to open it, and it (entire workbook) is not visible. Any ideas?
    – Mark Stewart
    Nov 16, 2018 at 16:17
  • Ha! I had another spreadsheet open, and that is why I couldn't see anything. I closed all Excel workbooks, then opened it, nothing was visible but the "View" toolbar had an unhide option enabled!
    – Mark Stewart
    Nov 16, 2018 at 16:23
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To keep them hidden, but visible in the options menu (UnHide..), use the same code but with this..

Sub StillHide()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In Sheets
    ws.Visible = xlSheetHidden  <-- change from Visible to this.
Next
End Sub

That way the tabs are not all of a suddenly showing to the user. They are still "hidden".

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