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title: "Delete Excel Sheet Step"
url: "https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/delete-excel-sheet-step"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-12-24T15:07:09.830Z"
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# Delete Excel Sheet Step

The Delete Excel Sheet Step gets rid of a specific sheet from an Excel file you've already opened. Use this step to clean up your Excel workbooks when you're automating tasks.

## What You'll Need

-   An open Excel file connection. You have to use the Open Excel File step before this one.

## How to Use the Delete Excel Sheet Step

Add this step to your process to remove a sheet you don't want from an Excel file.

### Step 1: Add the Delete Excel Sheet Step

1.  Drag and drop the **Delete Excel Sheet Step** into your process workflow.
2.  Click on the step to set up its properties.

### Step 2: Set Up the Step Parameters

1.  Type in the **Excel instance name**. This is the name you gave your Excel connection in the Open Excel File step.
2.  Give the **Sheet name**. This is the exact name of the sheet you want to delete. You can use a variable here.

## Parameters Explained

**Step name** (Optional)

-   A custom name for this step in your process.
-   Example: `Delete_Temp_Sheet`
-   Use this to make your process easier to understand.

**Excel instance name** (Required)

-   The name for your open Excel file.
-   Example: `myExcelFile`
-   This connects the step to an Excel file you've already opened.

**Sheet name** (Required)

-   The name of the Excel sheet to delete.
-   Example: `Sheet1` or `tempSheetVariable`
-   You can use a variable that holds the sheet's name.

## Related Articles

-   [Rename Excel Sheet Step - Robotiq.ai](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/rename-excel-sheet-step)
-   [Delete File Step - Robotiq.ai](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/delete-file-step)

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