How to find address of cell containing specific text in Excel?

In Excel, you may need to locate cells containing specific text within a range and retrieve their addresses. This guide provides two methods: using the built-in Find and Replace feature for specific ranges and employing Kutools for Excel to search across multiple workbooks simultaneously.

Find address of cells containing specific text with Find and Replace feature
Easily find address of cells containing specific text across all opened workbooks

Find address of cells containing specific text with Find and Replace feature

You can find cells with specific text in a range and get their addresses with the Find and Replace feature in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Select the range you want to find address of cell containing specific text, and then press Ctrl + F keys simultaneously to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

2. In the Find and Replace dialog box, enter the specific text you need to find into the Find what box under Find tab, and then click the Find All button.

All cells containing the specific text are listed in the Find and Replace dialog box, and you can see the cell address in the Cell column. See screenshot:

Easily find address of cells containing specific text across all opened workbooks

Here recommend the Find & Replace in Multiple Workbooks feature of Kutools for Excel. With this utility, you can not only find address of cell containing specific text in a selection, but also locate the address of cells containing specific text across all opened workbooks if needed.

1. Enable the feature by clicking Kutools > Find > Find & Replace in Multiple Workbooks.

2. Then the Find and Replace pane is displayed on the left side of workbook, you need to configure as follows.

All matched cells across the opened workbooks are then displayed. You can easily get the addresses of the result cells as the below screenshot shown.