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How to replace commas with newlines (Alt + Enter) in cells in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-09-12

As the left screenshot shown, how to replace commas with newlines within cells in Excel? Methods in this article can help you.

replace commas with newlines

Replace commas with newlines with Find and Replace function
Replace commas with newlines with VBA code

Replace commas with newlines with Find and Replace function.

You can apply the Find and Replace function to replace all commas in selected cells with newlines. Please do as follows.

1. Select the cells you will replace all commas with newlines. Then click Home > Find & Select > Replace. See screenshot:

Note: You can also press the Ctrl + H keys together to open the Find and Replace dialog box.

click Home > Find & Select > Replace

2. In the opening Find and Replace dialog box and under the Replace tab, you need to:

2.1 Type a comma into the Find what box;
2.2 Click on the Replace with box, then press the Ctrl + Shift + J keys simultaneously;
2.3 Click the Replace All button. See screenshot:

set options in the Find and Replace dialog box

3. Then a Microsoft Excel prompt box pops up, please click the OK button.

click OK button in the promt box

4. Close the Find and Replace dialog box.

Now all commas are replaced with newlines in selected cells.

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Replace commas with newlines with VBA code

This section will introduce a VBA code to replace all commas in selected cells with newlines. Please do as follows step by step.

1. Select the cells containing the commas you need to replace with newlines, then press the Alt + F11 keys simultaneously to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy and paste VBA code into the Code window. See screenshot:

VBA code: Replace all commas in selected cells with newlines

Sub ReplaceComma()
Dim rngCell As Range
  For Each rngCell In Selection
    rngCell.Value = Replace(rngCell, ",", vbLf)
  Next
End Sub

copy and paste the code into the module

3. Press the F5 key or click the Run button to run the code. Then all commas in selected cells are replaced with newlines immediately.

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