{"id":9,"date":"2026-01-22T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:21:23","slug":"how-to-activate-copy-move-and-delete-worksheets-using-xlwings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlwings.net\/blog\/how-to-activate-copy-move-and-delete-worksheets-using-xlwings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Activate, Copy, Move, and Delete Worksheets Using xlwings?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Method<\/h2>\n

Activate a worksheet<\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings<\/p>\n

bk.sheets[1].activate()<\/p>\n

#bk.sheets[1].select()<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Worksheets(2).Activate()<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Worksheets(2).Select()<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Copy worksheets <\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Copy(Before=bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet2’))<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Copy(After=bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet2’))<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Copy across workbooks<\/span><\/h3>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Copy(Before=bk2.api.Sheets(‘Sheet2’))<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Copy(After=bk2.api.Sheets(‘Sheet2’))<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Move worksheets<\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Move(Before=bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet3’))<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Move(After=bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet3’))<\/p>\n

#bk.Sheets([‘Sheet2’, ‘Sheet3’]).Move(Before=bk.Sheets(1))<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Delete worksheets<\/span><\/h3>\n

#xlwings<\/p>\n

#bk.sheets(‘Sheet1’).delete()<\/p>\n

#bk.sheets([‘Sheet2’, ‘Sheet3’]).delete()<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

#xlwings API<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets(‘Sheet1’).Delete()<\/p>\n

#bk.api.Sheets([‘Sheet2’, ‘Sheet3’]).Delete()<\/p>\n

Sample Code<\/h2>\n\n\n
#Activating, Copying, Moving, and Deleting Worksheets\n\nimport xlwings as xw    #Import the xlwings package\n\napp=xw.App()\nbk=app.books.active    #Get the active workbook\nsht=bk.sheets.active\nsht2=bk.sheets.add()\nsht3=bk.sheets.add()\nsht4=bk.sheets.add()\n\n#Activate a worksheet\n#xlwings\nbk.sheets[1].activate()\n#bk.sheets[1].select()\n\n#xlwings API\n#bk.api.Worksheets(2).Activate()\n#bk.api.Worksheets(2).Select()\n\n#Copy worksheets \n#xlwings API\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Copy(Before=bk.api.Sheets('Sheet2'))\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Copy(After=bk.api.Sheets('Sheet2'))\n\n#Copy across workbooks\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Copy(Before=bk2.api.Sheets('Sheet2'))\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Copy(After=bk2.api.Sheets('Sheet2'))\n\n#Move worksheets\n#xlwings API\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Move(Before=bk.api.Sheets('Sheet3'))\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Move(After=bk.api.Sheets('Sheet3'))\n#bk.Sheets(['Sheet2', 'Sheet3']).Move(Before=bk.Sheets(1))\n\n#Delete worksheets\n#xlwings\n#bk.sheets('Sheet1').delete()\n#bk.sheets(['Sheet2', 'Sheet3']).delete()\n\n#xlwings API\n#bk.api.Sheets('Sheet1').Delete()\n#bk.api.Sheets(['Sheet2', 'Sheet3']).Delete()\n\n#bk.close()\n#app.kill()<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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