How to remove whitespace after text in Excel?
In some cases, there may be some useless whitespaces leaving behind text strings in cells as below screenshot shown, and here I will talk about how to remove the useless whitespaces from strings.
Remove whitespace with formulas
Remove whitespace with Kutools for Excel
Remove whitespace with formulas
There are some formulas for different conditions.
Remove trailing whitespace =TRIM(LEFT(A1, LEN(A1)-1))&""""
Remove extra whitespace =TRIM(A2)
If you want to remove all whitespaces, select the cell you use, press Ctrl + H to enable Find and Replace dialog, type a space in the Find what text box, and leave nothing in Replace with text box.
Click Replace, and then the spaces in the cell have been removed.
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Remove whitespace with Kutools for Excel
If you have Kutools for Excel, the Remove Spaces utility can do you a nice favor.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)
1. Select the cells you use, click Kutools > Text > Remove Spaces. See screenshot:
2. In the Spaces Type section of the dialog, you can check the option as you need, then click Ok to finish. See screenshot:
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