Is it possible to remove all the empty artboards using script?

[vleadv61686213]

The Question is I have nearly about 20 artboards where by chance the number of artboards used may differ based on file.

So I need to remove all the empty artboards.

[Silly-V · Accepted solution]

Hello!  The answer is yes, it's possible! The below snippet may be what you need.

#target illustrator
function test(){
     var doc = app.activeDocument, thisBoard, selectedObjects;
     doc.selection = null;
     for (var i = doc.artboards.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
          thisBoard = doc.artboards;
          if(doc.artboards.length > 1){
               doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
               selectedObjects = doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
               if(doc.selection.length < 1 || doc.selection == null){
                    thisBoard.remove();
               }
          }
     }
};
test();

[vleadv61686213]

Thanks it works. You helped me and my team.

[DiamondLeopard]

Hi there,

I have been able to run the script inside adobe illustrator but I keep getting this error ->

Error 1242: Illegal argument - argument 1
- Required value is missing
Linke:21
-> thisBoard.remove();

I appreciate this script was originally posted 3 years ago and illustrator has changed in that time, I wonder if anyone could help me with a new solution?

Just looking for an action or script to remove/delete artboards with no artwork on them (Empty Artboards) 

Kind Regards

[Charu Rajput]

Hi,

You need to have Adobe Extended Toolkit. You can download this from the creative cloud application. Apart from this you can use Extended Script debugger for Visual Code. Here is the link with more explanation

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/extendscript-toolkit-cc-in-mojave/td-p/10443284?page=1

After installing it, open this application and paste above mentioned code in the new file. Try to run this script from the menu Debug --> Run. There is a short icon as well below the menu in green color. These file wille be save with the extension .jsx

Attached is the screenshot for the shortcut button to run the script.

Thanks

Charu

[DiamondLeopard]

Thank you! I really appreciate the info!

[Charu Rajput]

Your welcome.

[renaemp2]

Another year later… was this ever resolved? I am getting this same error and I have no idea how to fix it (yes, I have ExtendScript Toolkit).

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Due to some issues of moving code to new forums, code get corrupted. Here is the corrcet version of the above code

#target illustrator

function test() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument, thisBoard, selectedObjects;
    doc.selection = null;
    for (var i = doc.artboards.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        thisBoard = doc.artboards[i];
        if (doc.artboards.length > 1) {
            doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
            selectedObjects = doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
            if (doc.selection.length < 1 || doc.selection == null) {
                thisBoard.remove();
            }
        }
    }
};

test();

[renaemp2]

THANK YOU!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!

[Alessandro Leite]

Thanks! This is something I can't doing with Pure Actions, but Script+Actions made my day easy!

[Rene Andritsch]

Thank you I just discovered this thread. Amazing worflow enhancement! Immediately added it to my scripts folder in Illustrator.

[melaniejaane]

Script still going strong, thanks so much! 😄