{"id":5180,"date":"2020-04-22T14:49:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2024-03-28T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:26:42","slug":"remove-character-from-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/remove-character-from-string\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Character from String in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-050810d3-f7eb-4054-9ee2-6018bf526ddc\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Remove-Character-from-String-in-Excel.xlsx\">Remove-Character-from-String-in-Excel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Remove-Character-from-String-in-Excel.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-050810d3-f7eb-4054-9ee2-6018bf526ddc\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a few ways you can remove characters from cells in Excel. You can do it from the ribbon, using the formula, or the VBA code. You can get rid of a single, or multiple characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove characters with Find and Replace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Find and Replace<\/strong> feature is the most straightforward way to replace the character. You can also use it to remove a character by replacing a searched character with a space. Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This example shows a list of names separated by commas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/names-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5182\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/examples\/remove-comma-in-excel\/\">remove commas<\/a>, select values inside the table and navigate to <strong>Home &gt;&gt; Editing &gt;&gt; Find &amp; Select &gt;&gt; Replace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the <strong>Ctrl + H<\/strong> keyboard shortcut to access this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Find what<\/strong> insert a comma, and in <strong>Replace with<\/strong> don&#8217;t enter anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/find-and-replace.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5183\" width=\"443\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/find-and-replace.png 443w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/find-and-replace-300x131.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <strong>Replace All<\/strong> to replace all commas to empty spaces. In other words, remove commas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/removed-commas.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5184\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remove characters using a formula<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way to remove characters is to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/substitute\">SUBSTITUTE<\/a> function. This function takes a string and removes one type of character with a different type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this formula, you have to create a second column in your table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=SUBSTITUTE(A2,\",\",\"\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This function takes a text as the first parameter. In the second parameter, we specify a string (in our case a single character that is a comma) \u00a0that Excel searches for. This character is replaced with the character in the third argument. In our case, it&#8217;s a space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/substitute.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/substitute.png 469w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/substitute-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few ways you can remove characters from cells in Excel. 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