How to show or hide Horizontal & Vertical scroll bar in Microsoft Excel?

We can scroll through the active worksheet with horizontal scroll bar at the bottom and vertical scroll bar at the right side by default. Here we will show you some tips to turn on or off the scroll bars in the Microsoft Excel worksheets.

Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with Excel Options

Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with VBA code

Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with Kutools for Excel

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Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with Excel Options

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You have to configure Excel 2007/2010/2013's settings in Excel Options dialog box, if want to display or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar in Excel worksheets.

• Step 1: Click the File tab in Excel 2010/2013, or click the  button in Excel 2007;
• Step 2: Click the Options button;
• Step 3: In the Excel Options dialog box, go to the Advanced category;
• Step 4: Scroll down to the Display options for this workbook section;
• Step 5: Checked or unchecked the Show Horizontal Scroll bar option and Show Vertical Scroll bar option according to your needs. See screenshot:
• Step 6: Click OK. And you will get the result that you want. If you check them, the horizontal/vertical scroll bar will display, if you uncheck them, the horizontal/vertical scroll bar will hide.

Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with VBA code

The following VBA code also can help you show or hide the horizontal/vertical scroll bar. Please do as this:

Step 1: Hold down the ALT + F11 keys, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

Step 2: Click Insert > Module, and paste the following macro in the Module Window:

VBA code to hide the horizontal and vertical scroll bar:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Workbook_Activate()
With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = False
.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = False
End With
End Sub

VBA code to show the horizontal and vertical scroll bar:

Private Sub Workbook_Deactivate()
With ActiveWindow
.DisplayHorizontalScrollBar = True
.DisplayVerticalScrollBar = True
End With
End Sub

Step 3: Press the F5 key to run this code. And the horizontal and vertical scroll bar will be hidden or shown.

Show or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar with Kutools for Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can easily display or hide Horizontal/Vertical Scroll bar in Excel worksheets with its Toggle Settings tool.

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Step 1: Click the Kutools > Show / Hide > Toggle Settings. See screenshot:

Step 2: In Toggle Settings dialog box, check or unchecked the Vertical Scrollbar option and Horizontal Scrollbar option according to your needs. See screenshot:

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