Hide columns using VBA in Excel

Hiding one or more columns on a worksheet

Hiding a column can be simple. Below code hides column C on the active worksheet. If you set the property Hidden to False the column becomes visible again.

Columns("D").Hidden = True

Below code hides multiple columns (D. E and F).

Columns("D:F").Hidden = True

Hiding columns in a range

When starting with a range which is not a complete column you will get run-time error '1004': Unable to set the Hidden property of the Range class.

Dim rng As Range: Set rng = Application.Range("B2")
rng.Hidden = True

You can fix this by applying EntireColumn to the range:

Dim rng As Range: Set rng = Application.Range("B2")
rng.EntireColumn.Hidden = True

Make a column xlVeryHidden

xlVeryHidden is not supported for Columns. A workaround is to hide it and then protect the sheet.