Deleting rows based on color and text in 2 different columns

Robdiqulous

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I am trying to delete a row if it HAS a red color in Column C AND if it DOESN'T have the words PO box in Column N. I have gotten it to where it deletes the rows that DO have po box in N but I can't seem to get it to go the other way and KEEP the rows with po box. Here is my code. The 13551615 is the red background color.
Also if there is a faster way to do this that would be great too. This takes about 13 seconds to run through my 3k rows. I only have like 20 rows with the color in them and I already sort those to the top. But I really just want this to work even if it takes a second.


Code:
    Dim lngRow As Long
    Dim lngRows As Long
    'Find the last row in Column A
    lngRows = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
     
    For lngRow = lngRows To 2 Step -1
        If ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(lngRow, "C").FormatConditions(1).Interior.Color = 13551615 Then
            If Not InStr(1, LCase(Range("N" & lngRow)), LCase("PO Box")) <> 0 Then
                ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Rows(lngRow).EntireRow.Delete
            End If
        End If
        
    Next
 

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If anyone finds this helpful, I figured it out myself in the end. I filtered for the color, then I used the other code I had already. The code I was using would filter all of the PO boxes, but it wouldn't take into consideration the color. SO it was just deleting ALL of the rows that didn't have po box. This works perfectly and actually works a TON faster. in about 1-2 seconds.

Code:
Sub Filter_Colors()


    Dim UsdRws As Long
    
    ' This next line uses Column C then finds the last row and puts that as the modifier range for how many rows to filter
        UsdRws = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
    'use A1:Z1 for the autofilter. I only need to use C to filter but this makes everything easier.
        Range("A1:Z1").autofilter
    ' This will now use the range from A2-Z also going down as far as Col C shows there is information (UsdRws)
    With Range("A2:Z" & UsdRws)
        .autofilter Field:=3, Criteria1:=RGB(255, 199, 206), Operator:=xlFilterCellColor
        On Error Resume Next
    End With
    
    Dim lngRow As Long
    Dim lngRows As Long
    'Find the last row in Column A
    lngRows = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
     
    For lngRow = lngRows To 2 Step -1
        If (ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(lngRow, "C").FormatConditions(1).Interior.Color = 13551615 _
            And (InStr(1, LCase(Range("N" & lngRow)), LCase("PO Box")))) Then
        Else
            ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Rows(lngRow).EntireRow.Delete
        End If
        
    Next
    Sheets("Sheet1").Select
        ActiveSheet.AutoFilterMode = False


End Sub
 
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