#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel'; my $xlsDatei = 'c:/temp/test.xls'; my $excel = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application', 'Quit'); my $book = $excel->Workbooks->Open("$xlsDatei"); my $sheet = $book->Worksheets("Tabelle3")->Delete; $book->Close; $excel->Quit();