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Quick Tip: Notepad++ – Modify / Delete Macros
I use Notepad++ (v3.3 currently) for a lot of my development work, and I noticed that I couldn’t find any sites that mention how to delete or edit a macro once you create it.
Here is the rather simple method (simple once you find it anyway… it’s not in the “Macro” menu):
- From the top menu, select “Settings” => “Shortcut Mapper…”
- Scroll down near the very bottom (my macros started at item 60)
- Right-click and select either Modify or Delete (double click will act the same as selecting Modify)
Hope that helps someone!
12:43 pm on September 7th, 2006
Thanks! This was a lifesaver!
Please — no mailing lists.
2:02 pm on November 18th, 2006
Thanks, you saved me hours of research on Sourceforge’s forum…
8:54 pm on February 9th, 2007
Thank you!!
8:16 pm on April 26th, 2007
Yes…as stated thank you for that bit. There really ought to be a way to edit macros on the macro menu.
10:18 am on July 10th, 2007
Thanks so much!
6:38 am on August 28th, 2007
Thanks… Now the only thing missing is a way to edit macros and possibly nest them so you can include macros in new ones.
10:19 pm on September 5th, 2007
u are so smart!!! thank you very much1
5:53 am on October 2nd, 2007
Huh, still the same in 4.3. One more thank you …
10:21 pm on October 6th, 2007
Thank you for sharing!
2:55 pm on October 22nd, 2007
Thx man… I was looking for this…! \o/
12:53 pm on November 15th, 2007
Thanks a lot. Still the same in 4.5. The modify is just changing the shortcut. I am wondering if we can edit the macro by changing the code associated with the macro, as many programs do.
3:22 pm on December 8th, 2007
This tips is really helps me. Thanks very much!
3:42 pm on December 21st, 2007
Seriously, This was the 1st link in google for this problem and it helped me too.
9:57 pm on March 26th, 2008
Works in v4.6.
9:07 am on April 1st, 2008
What I really expected to see is how I can edit the code of the macro. Anyway this is also useful
Thanks
1:56 pm on April 14th, 2008
Thanks a lot!
I accidently assigned the same shortcut to two macros and had no idea how to undo this. This site, the first hit in Google, saved me from a) recording the macro again and b) a lot of searching on other sites.
9:21 am on April 21st, 2008
One of the first hits on Google. Great tip.
3:19 am on July 4th, 2008
Looking for month’s for this option…
Thanks!!!
9:38 pm on August 9th, 2008
Thanks a lot for the tip. :)
3:48 pm on August 24th, 2008
Big Time Saver! Thanks
2:20 pm on September 20th, 2008
Thanks Sean for taking the time to document the tip. Your website is great. All the best!
4:57 am on September 22nd, 2008
thanks, good hint!
12:21 pm on October 3rd, 2008
great neuron saver!
3:20 am on October 17th, 2008
Thanks
10:39 pm on November 6th, 2008
wow, thanks for posting this. i looked on the sourceforge site and could only find where others asked and NOBODY answered!
11:48 am on December 16th, 2008
in order to go an modify an existing macro (in case you’ve made a mistake)
go to “C:\Documents and Settings\francesco\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml”
:D
5:07 am on December 18th, 2008
thanks!
6:28 am on December 27th, 2008
Thanks a lot! I wanted to delete Notepad++ because I could not delete one macro. Now I’ll continue to use this editor! :)
5:33 pm on December 30th, 2008
Thanks a bunch!!
11:46 am on January 8th, 2009
Thank you sir. I was looking for this for a long time. I reinstalled npp once because the shortcut became really annoying.
2:17 pm on January 10th, 2009
thank you
11:33 pm on January 16th, 2009
Thanks! Accurate and easy to find.
8:25 am on January 17th, 2009
Thx a lot !
2:06 pm on February 4th, 2009
Francesco Bongiovanni
Thankyou – switched ‘puters and wanted to migrate my macros. This have saved me a lot of time!
Cheers,
2:37 am on March 4th, 2009
This helped a lot. Should be the first link in Google search.
3:51 pm on March 9th, 2009
This totally saved my bacon!! Thanks!
3:12 am on May 26th, 2009
thx
8:39 am on June 8th, 2009
Thank you: saved me a lot of time
1:57 pm on June 23rd, 2009
xxxxxxtremely useful! thank you very much!
4:10 am on July 8th, 2009
Thank you very much!
10:26 am on July 9th, 2009
Hurray! I’ve been trying to work out how to do that – never thought to look in the other menu!
10:31 am on July 23rd, 2009
you the man, thanks
11:12 am on September 2nd, 2009
I must still be missing something. Is there a way to edit the macro? Not its properties or shortcut, but the steps? I thought there was. This is why I chose Notepad++ over TextPad.
Thanks.
11:22 am on September 2nd, 2009
@Joe as far as I know, there is no way to do that. I think you just have to record another macro. If anyone knows differently, please leave a comment!
12:04 pm on September 30th, 2009
I am quoting Francesco, follow the path below and find that xml file, inside you will find all your macros and you can edit them as you wish. Make sure you can see hidden folders and windows hidden folders before attempting to browse for the file. I hope this helps.
“in order to go an modify an existing macro (in case you’ve made a mistake)
go to “C:\Documents and Settings\francesco\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml””
:D
9:03 am on October 4th, 2009
If you want to edit or delete the actual contents/operations of the macros, see the following:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/362444/how-to-write-macro-for-notepad
3:30 pm on November 2nd, 2009
You goobers realize this is in the help file, right? Try an F1 from time to time.
2:27 am on November 12th, 2009
Curmudgeon, you do realise this thread was started in 2007, right? How sure are you the help file has all these back in 2007?
1:31 pm on November 26th, 2009
Very usefull hint. Works very fine for me.
Maybe that should be mentioned somewhere at a proper (official) place.
Thank you!
1:58 pm on December 29th, 2009
Thanks for the tip, Sean.
@d and Francesco:
Actually, user-created macros are *not* being saved in shortcuts.xml as that StackOverflow post (and many other websites) state. At least not in my version (5.4.2). Haven’t been able to find where they’re stored yet.
Quite frustrating to be working so hard to figure out how to edit a macro in a tool geared towards programmers. Even M$ World let you edit macros!
1:59 pm on December 29th, 2009
Correction: M$ Word. (Freudian slip!)
12:21 am on February 23rd, 2010
They’re stored in c:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Notepad++\shortcuts.xml
9:53 pm on March 3rd, 2010
Thanks! I try to find this method for several days and at last I found it here!
Also thanks jacko!