How To Open multiple files at once in Excel office VBA?
Tags: toopenmultiplefilesa, vbamacros
Published: 2021-09-28 04:30:55

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title: How To Open multiple files at once in Excel office VBA?
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date: 2021-09-23 09:52:38 UTC
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In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to ** open multiple files at once** in Excel Office VBA. Let’s get them below!! Get an official version of MS Excel from the following link: **[https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel)**

## Example

- Firstly, you need to  **create the opening\_multiple\_file button to open multiple files.**

![](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Create-Button.png)<figcaption>Create Button</figcaption>

- In the Excel Worksheet, you have to go to the  **Developer Tab.**
- Then, you need to ** ** select the  **Visual Basic**  option under the  **Code**  section.

![Select Visual Basic](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Select-Visual-Basic-9-1024x180.png)<figcaption>Select Visual Basic</figcaption>

- Now, you have to  **copy and paste the code**  given below.

```
Option Explicit
Sub opening_multiple_file()
Dim i As Integer
'Opening File dialog box
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
    'Enabling multiple files select
    .AllowMultiSelect = True
    .Filters.Clear
    'Only Excel files can be selected
    .Filters.Add "Excel Files", "*.xls*"
    If .Show = True Then
        For i = 1 To .SelectedItems.Count
            'Opening selected file
            Workbooks.Open .SelectedItems(i)
        Next i
    End If
End With
End Sub

```

- You need to  **save the code**  by selecting it and then  **close the window**.

![](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Save-the-Code-74.png)<figcaption>Save the Code</figcaption>

- Again, you have to go to the  **Excel Spreadsheet** , and click on the  **Developer Tab**.
- You need to choose the  **Macros option**  in the Code section.

![Choose Macro option](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Choose-Macro-option-11-1024x184.png)<figcaption>Choose Macro option</figcaption>

- Then, you have to make sure that your  **macro name is selected**  and click the  **Run ** button.

![](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Run-the-Code-44.png)<figcaption>Run the Code</figcaption>

- Now, you have to select the **multiple files at once** in **Excel**.

![](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Output-35.png)<figcaption>Output</figcaption>

- Finally, **once all the files are selected** , you need to click on **OK button to open all the selected files**.

![](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/After-clicking-OK-button.png)<figcaption>After Clicking OK Button</figcaption>

## End of the Line

We hope that this tutorial gives you guidelines on how to ** open multiple files at once** in Excel Office VBA. Please leave a comment in case of any  **queries,**  and don’t forget to mention your valuable  **suggestions**  as well. Thank you so much for Visiting Our Site!! Continue learning on **[Geek Excel](https://geekexcel.com/)!! **Read more on [**Excel Formulas**](https://geekexcel.com/excel-formula/) **!!**

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