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How to remove all instances of a character in Excel range?

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Have you ever tried to remove all instances of a character in a range or the whole sheet in Excel? Do you still remove this specific character one by one manually? In this tutorial, I introduce some tricks on quickly removing all instances of a specific character in Excel.

Remove all instances of a character with Find and Replace

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Remove all instances of a character with Find and Replace

In Excel, the Find and Replace function can quickly find a character and replace it with blank or other contents in a selection or the whole sheet.

1. Select the range you need and press Ctrl + H to enable the Find and Replace dialog, and type the character you want to remove into the Find what textbox, leave nothing in the Replace with dialog. See screenshot:
A screenshot showing the Find and Replace dialog box

2. Click Replace All, a dialog pops out to remind you the characters have been removed. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Excel dialog indicating character removal is complete

3. Click OK > Close. Then all instances of “A” have been removed from the selection.

  A screenshot of Excel data before removing a specific character Arrow right A screenshot showing the Excel data after removing a specific character

Remove all instances of a character with Remove Characters

Actually, with Kutools for Excel’s Remove Characters utility, you can more quickly and easily remove all instance of one specific character.

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1. Select the range you need to work, and click Kutools > Text > Remove Characters. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Kutools for Excel Remove Characters option in the Text menu

2. Then in the Remove Characters dialog, check Custom option, and type the character you want to remove into the textbox. See screenshot:
A screenshot of the Remove Characters dialog

3. Click Ok or Apply, all instances of the character have been removed from the selection.

  A screenshot of Excel data before removing a specific character Arrow right A screenshot showing the Excel data after removing a specific character

Tip: with this utility, you can remove non-numeric characters, or non-alpha characters and so on.

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