Remove Numbers in Excel from the left! Remove numbers from a cell in Excel?
0Here's how to remove Numbers in Excel from the left.
i. There are a few ways to remove numbers from a cell in Excel.
**Method 1:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Clear** button.
4. In the **Clear** menu, select **Formats**.
This will remove the numbers from the cell, but it will not remove the formatting.
**Method 2:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Clear** button.
4. In the **Clear** menu, select **All**.
This will remove the numbers from the cell and all of the formatting.
**Method 3:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Formulas** tab.
3. In the **Function Library** group, click on the **Text** function.
4. In the **Text** dialog box, type the following formula:
```
=TEXT(A1,"")
```
where A1 is the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
5. Click on the **OK** button.
This will remove the numbers from the cell and replace them with empty strings.
You can also use a **Find and Replace** command to remove numbers from a cell in Excel. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Find & Select** button.
4. In the **Find & Select** menu, select **Find**.
5. In the **Find** dialog box, type the following in the **Find what:** box:
```
[0-9]
```
6. Click on the **Find All** button.
7. Click on the **Replace** button.
8. In the **Replace with:** box, type an empty string.
9. Click on the **Replace All** button.
This will replace all of the numbers in the cell with empty strings.
ii. There are a few ways to remove numbers from the right in Excel.
**Method 1:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Text to Columns** button.
4. In the **Text to Columns Wizard**, click on the **Next** button.
5. In the **Data Format** step, select the **General** format.
6. Click on the **Next** button.
7. In the **Column Separators** step, make sure that the **No delimiters** option is selected.
8. Click on the **Finish** button.
This will remove all of the numbers from the right of the cell.
**Method 2:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Formulas** tab.
3. In the **Function Library** group, click on the **LEFT** function.
4. In the **LEFT** dialog box, type the following in the **Number1:** box:
```
A1
```
where A1 is the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
5. In the **Number2:** box, type the number of characters you want to remove from the right of the cell.
6. Click on the **OK** button.
This will remove the specified number of characters from the right of the cell.
**Method 3:**
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Copy** button.
4. Select a new cell where you want to paste the results.
5. Click on the **Home** tab.
6. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Paste** button.
7. In the **Paste Special** dialog box, select the **Text** option.
8. Click on the **OK** button.
This will remove all of the numbers from the right of the cell and paste the remaining text into the new cell.
You can also use a **Find and Replace** command to remove numbers from the right in Excel. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Select the cell that contains the numbers you want to remove.
2. Click on the **Home** tab.
3. In the **Editing** group, click on the **Find & Select** button.
4. In the **Find & Select** menu, select **Find**.
5. In the **Find** dialog box, type the following in the **Find what:** box:
```
[0-9]$
```
6. Click on the **Find All** button.
7. Click on the **Replace** button.
8. In the **Replace with:** box, type an empty string.
9. Click on the **Replace All** button.
This will replace all of the numbers at the end of the cell with empty strings.