How to extract string between two different characters in Excel?

If you have a list of string in Excel which you need to extract part of string between two characters from as below screenshot shown, how to handle it as quickly as possible? Here, I introduce some methods about solving this job.

Extract part string between two different characters with formulas

Extract part string between two same characters with formulas

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    Extract part string between two different characters with formulas

To extract part string between two different characters, you can do as this:

Select a cell which you will place the result, type this formula =MID(LEFT(A1,FIND(">",A1)-1),FIND("<",A1)+1,LEN(A1)), and press Enter key.

Note: A1 is the text cell, > and < are the two characters you want to extract string between.

    Extract part string between two same characters with formulas

If you want to extract part string between two same characters, you can do as this:

Select a cell which you will place the result, type this formula =SUBSTITUTE(MID(SUBSTITUTE("/" & A3&REPT(" ",6),"/",REPT(",",255)),2*255,255),",",""), and press Enter key.

Note: A3 is the text cell, / is the character you want to extract between.

    Extract part string between two characters with Kutools for Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel, you also can extract part string between two characters.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:（Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

1. Select the cells you want to extract from, and click Kutools > Text > Extract Text….

2. In the Extract Text dialog, type the two characters you want to extract string between, and type * between the two characters in the Text box, and click Add to add this extracting criterion into Extract list.

3. Click Ok to select a cell to place the result.

4. Click OK. Then click Kutools > Text > Remove Characters.

5. In the Remove Characters dialog, only check the Custom checkbox, and type the two characters you want to remove into textbox.

6. Click Ok. The part string between : and – have been extracted.

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