Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Removing a Macro from a Shortcut Key.
Excel allows you to assign macros to specific key combinations. These key combinations are referred to as shortcut keys, and when used they result in the macro being executed. You learn how to assign a shortcut key to a particular macro in other issues of ExcelTips.
At some point you may want to remove the association between a shortcut key and a macro. In order to do this, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Macro Options dialog box.
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2018-02-07 09:28:19
Alex
Macros are only assigned to the workbook in which they live. For example, if I created MACRO A and saved it to my personal macro workbook with shortcut ctrl+d I could also assign ctrl+d to a macro saved within a different workbook.
It's not a pure solution for being able to disassociate shortcuts, but it's a start.
2016-03-14 07:59:08
Tomasz
Unfortunately the shortcut key is not releasing permanently in EXCEL 2016 (MAC).
Once shortcut key connection to macro is deleted, the key-sequence remind occupied and can not be assigned to new macro.
2014-06-28 04:13:49
Prabhav
Thanks for helping in crisp manner
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