delete all comments on a worksheet

I have more than 100 comments in my spreadsheet from 2015.  I want to use a copy of this worksheet for 2016 without any comments.  How can I delete all the comments?

Thank you

Hi Maggie,

Advance planning is the key here. The best way to have a comment-free (and data) copy of the document is to save one as a model, before adding data or comments.

At this point, you will be able to apply this method for the 2017 copies (and beyond) of this document, but for this end of the year, you may be stuck with manual removal.

In addition to the comment, what is the content of these cells? Is - this content will also be deleted in preparation for next year? Selection of a cell (one click) and pressing Delete will remove the cell contents (text, numbers or other data entered or formula) and the comment. Copy an empty cell, and then paste them into a group of cells should also remove the comments (and content) of these cells, but also replaces the parameters of any format with the copied cell pasted now. With "more than 100 (but probably less than 200) comments, manual removal (click on a cell or group of cells, press DELETE) can be a usable solution."

If there is a way to detect the presence of comments on a cell using AppleScript, it should also be possible to delete these comments using AppleScript, but it's a question for one of the participation of writers here.

Not much help, I'm afraid, but you can find something worth the trip here. If so, please test on a COPY of your file.

Kind regards

Barry

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