Deleting shape series and trendlines

[Mika]

I'm trying to delete all 20 series and trendlines of a shape. My code
doesn't delete them. What is going wrong?

ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Shape 1").Activate

For i = 1 To 20
Err.Clear
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Delete
Err.Clear
Next i

Thanks,
Mika

 

[Don Guillett]

Seems like it would be easier to cut the chart and start over but try this

Sub deleteseries()
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1").Activate
On Error Resume Next
For i = 20 To 1 Step -1
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(i).Delete
Next
End Sub

 

[Don Guillett]

Here's another if you only have ONE chart and you don't know how many series
to start with
Sub deleteseriescount()
ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Activate
x = ActiveChart.SeriesCollection.Count
For i = x To 1 Step -1
ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(i).Delete
Next
End Sub

 

[Jon Peltier]

If you don't know how many series, use this. Also, no need to activate
the chart.

Sub DeleteSeries()
With ActiveSheet.ChartObjects(1).Chart.SeriesCollection
Do Until .Count = 0
.Item(1).Delete
Loop
End With
End Sub

If the chart is already active, use this:

Sub DeleteSeries()
With ActiveChart.SeriesCollection
Do Until .Count = 0
.Item(1).Delete
Loop
End With
End Sub

- Jon
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[Don Guillett]

It's great when you have THE charting expert around. Thanks Jon