How to clear all data EXCEPT columns X, Y & Z?

Question

I would like to clear ALL (not delete) the content in a worksheet EXCEPT columns X, Y & Z (for example)? These columns are stored in a variable.

Answer 1

Yes, you clear two ranges:

• Range No. 1 from column 1 ('A') to 23 ('W').
• Range No. 2 from column 27 ('AA') to the last used column.

This function does it:

Public Sub CustomClear()
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Set ws = ActiveSheet

    ws.Range(ws.Columns(1), ws.Columns(23)).Clear
    ws.Range(ws.Columns(27), ws.Columns(ws.UsedRange.End(xlToRight).Column)).Clear
End Sub

Answer 2

Really interesting question -- and @SQLPolice's answer succinctly gets the job done. (+1 on that by the way.)

Here's another option, which can handle Range variables that start / stop in columns other than Range("X:Z") :

Option Explicit
Public Sub ClearRangesBeforeAndAfter()

    Dim rngToKeep As Range, rngToClear As Range
    Dim lngColNum As Long
    Dim wks As Worksheet

    Set wks = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1) '<~ assume we're on Sheet1

    With wks
        Set rngToKeep = .Range("W:Z") '<~ this is the example range from OP
        '
        'Or, we could pick any other group of continuous columns, like:
        '
        'Set rngToKeep = .Range("B:D")
        'Set rngToKeep = .Range("H:Z")
        'Set rngToKeep = .Range("A:AZ")

        'First, find the farthest-left border of the "keep" range
        'by leveraging the relative nature of rngToKeep.Cells
        lngColNum = rngToKeep.Cells(1, 1).Column

        'Now we can clear everything up to that border
        If lngColNum > 1 Then
            Set rngToClear = .Range(.Columns(1), .Columns(lngColNum - 1))
            rngToClear.Clear
        End If

        'Then, find the farthest-right border of the "keep" range
        'and clear the remaining cells
        lngColNum = rngToKeep.Offset(0, rngToKeep.Columns.Count).Column
        Set rngToClear = .Range(.Columns(lngColNum), _
                                .Columns(.Columns.Count))
        rngToClear.Clear
    End With

End Sub