Improve security, evaluate and mitigate the risks of running macros, and see how to enable or disable macros for Microsoft 365.

Learn how to change the settings that enable or disable macros in Excel, and more. Change the macro security settings to control which macros run when you open a workbook.

Macros and VBA tools can be found on the Developer tab, which is hidden by default, so the first step is to enable it. Go to Excel > Preferences… > Ribbon & Toolbar.

Click Macro Settings, and then select the Enable Excel 4.0 macros when VBA macros are enabled check box. You can then select Disable VBA macros with notification or Enable all …

To be prompted each time a macro is detected, select Disable all macros with notification. This is the default setting. To silently disable all macros, select Disable all macros without notification. …

In Excel, you run a macro manually or automatically. A macro is an action or a set of actions that you can use to automate tasks. This topic shows you several ways to run macros manually or …

Macros and VBA tools can be found on the Developer tab, which is hidden by default, so the first step is to enable it. For more information, see Show the Developer tab.

To make your macros available every time you open Excel, you can create them in a workbook called Personal.xlsb. That’s a hidden workbook stored on your computer, which opens in the …

Write macros. Run macros that you previously recorded. Use XML commands. Use ActiveX controls. Create applications to use with Microsoft 365 programs. Use form controls in …

Although you can't create, run, or edit VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros in Excel for the web, you can open and edit a workbook that contains macros. Any existing macros will remain …