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Asked: 2026-05-28T01:34:08+00:00

I want from VBA to start/stop Track changes functionality in Excel. Searching thru the

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I want from VBA to start/stop “Track changes” functionality in Excel.

Searching thru the Net I saw a property called TrackRevisions of ActiveDocument object. Supposedly in MS Word writing ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True should turn on “Track changes”.

But in MS Excel this line gives 424 Object required run-time error. Same error is returned when trying with ThisWorkbook. Changing it to ActiveSheet brings 438 Object doesn't support this property or method error.

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  1. Editorial Team

    For a shared workbook you can use VBA from these links (the method is ActiveWorkbook.HighlightChangesOptions)

    This doesn’t offer the same depth of tracking as available in Word, for example from the first link in my post,in Excel:

    1. Change tracking differs from undo and backup
    2. Some types of changes are not tracked Changes that you make to cell contents are tracked, but other changes, such as formatting changes, are not tracked.
    3. Change history is kept only for a specific interval
    4. Change history is periodically deleted

    If that isn’t what you were chasing you may be able to employ specific VBA to track

    1. certain cells, or
    2. compare versions

    But if that is the case we will need more information from you as to what you are chasing.

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