How to remove all HTML tags from string in Excel?
If your Excel worksheet contains text strings surrounded by HTML tags, HTML tags in text strings can clutter your data, making it harder to analyze or process. This article provides step-by-step methods to quickly and efficiently remove all HTML tags from text strings, ensuring your data is clean and easy to work with.
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Remove all HTML tags from text string with Find and Replace command
Remove all HTML tags from text string with Kutools AI
Remove all HTML tags from text string with VBA code
Remove all HTML tags from text string with Find and Replace command
The Find and Replace feature can solve this problem. Follow these steps:
1. Select the cells that you want to remove the HTML tags.
2. Press :Ctrl + H" to open the "Find and Replace" dialog box. In the dialog, enter <*> in the "Find what" text box, and leave the "Replace with" text box empty. See screenshot:
3. Then click "Replace All" button, all the HTML tags are removed at once.
Remove all HTML tags from text string with Kutools AI
If you want a quicker and more automated solution, Kutools for Excel offers a handy tool for this task. With its Kutools AI Aide, you can simply describe your requirement in natural language, and Kutools AI will handle the rest for you. This eliminates the need for manual setup and ensures accurate results in seconds.
After installing Kutools For Excel, please click "Kutools" > "AI Aide" to open the "Kutools AI Aide" pane.
- Select the cells that contain the HTML tags within the text strings;
- Type the requirement in the chat box: such as:
Remove all HTML tags from selected range - And then, press Enter key or click the "Send" button. Kutools AI will analyze the question, after finishing, please click "Execute" button to get the result.
Remove all HTML tags from text string with VBA code
The following VBA code can help you to remove the HTML tags from a selection, please do as follows:
1. Hold down the "Alt + F11" keys in Excel, and it opens the "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window.
2. Click "Insert" > "Module", and paste the following VBA code in the Module Window.
VBA code: remove all HTML tags from text string
Sub RemoveTags()
'updateby Extendoffice
Dim xRg As Range
Dim xCell As Range
Dim xAddress As String
On Error Resume Next
xAddress = Application.ActiveWindow.RangeSelection.Address
Set xRg = Application.InputBox("please select data range", "Kutools for Excel", xAddress, , , , , 8)
Set xRg = Application.Intersect(xRg, xRg.Worksheet.UsedRange)
If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
xRg.NumberFormat = "@"
With CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
.Pattern = "\<.*?\>"
.Global = True
For Each xCell In xRg
xCell.Value = .Replace(xCell.Value, "")
Next
End With
End Sub
3. Press the F5 key to run this code. In the dialog that appears, select the cells from which you want to remove the HTML tags. See screenshot:
4. And then click OK, all the HTML tags have been removed from the selection at once.
Removing HTML tags in Excel can be accomplished using different methods depending on your needs and technical expertise. By choosing the right method, you can easily clean your data and make it ready for analysis or presentation. If you're interested in exploring more Excel tips and tricks, our website offers thousands of tutorials.
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