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How to remove anything in brackets in Excel?

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If you have a list of text strings which part of data is enclosed in the brackets, and now, you need to remove all the data in brackets to get the result as following screenshot shown. How could you deal with this task in Excel quickly?

A screenshot showing text strings with data enclosed in brackets in Excel

Remove anything in brackets with Find and Replace feature

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arrow blue right bubble Remove anything in brackets with Find and Replace feature

Normally, in Excel, the Find and Replace feature can help you to remove all data in brackets, please do as follows:

1. Select the data range that you want to remove all data in brackets.

2. Then click Home > Find & Select > Replace, (or you can also press Ctrl + H to open the Find and Replace dialog)see screenshot:

A screenshot showing the Find and Replace option under the Home tab in Excel

3. In the Find and Replace dialog box, under the Replace tab, enter (*) into the Find what text box, and leave the Replace with box blank, see screenshot:

A screenshot showing the Find and Replace dialog

4. Then click Replace All button, a prompt box will pop out to remind you how many cells have been replaced, see screenshot:

A screenshot showing the prompt for successfully replacing data in Excel

5. Then click OK and close the Find and Replace dialog.

Tips: With this Find and Replace feature, you can remove all data in brackets in a selected range, a worksheet or the whole workbook.

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1. Click Kutools > Navigation, see screenshot:

A screenshot showing the Kutools Navigation option in Excel

2. Then click Find and Replace button icon to expand the Find and Replace pane, in the Find and Replace pane, please do the following operations:

  • (1.) Click the Replace tab;
  • (2.) In the Find what text box, please enter (*), and leave the Replace with text box blank;
  • (3.) Specify the scope that you want to find and replace under the Within section;
  • (4.) If you choose Selection, you need to click Range selection button button to select the data range;
  • (5.) Then click Replace All button.

A screenshot showing the expanded Find and Replace pane

3. After clicking Replace All, all data in brackets is deleted at once.

Note: This feature doesn’t support Undo, you’d better backup your workbook before applying this feature.

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