How to remove trailing zeros from numbers in Excel?
In this tutorial, I introduce the methods on removing trailing zeros after decimal or the same number of trailing zeros in cells as below screenshots shown.
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Remove trailing zeros from decimal numbers by Format Cells
Remove same number of trailing zeros from numbers by formula
Remove leading zeros from cells by Kutools for Excel
Remove trailing zeros from decimal numbers by Format Cells
To remove the trailing zeros after decimal point, you can format the cells to a custom format.
1. Select the cells you want to remove trailing zeros after decimal point, right click to select Format Cells from the context menu.
2. In the Format Cells dialog, under Number tab, select Custom from Category list box, then type 0.### into the Type textbox in right section.
3. Click OK.
Remove same number of trailing zeros from numbers by formula
If you want to remove same number of trailing zeros from numbers, you can apply a formula to solve it.
Select an adjacent cell to the number you want to modify, then type this formula =LEFT(D1,LEN(D1)-3)*1, D1 is the cell you will remove trailing zeros from, 3 is the number or zeros you want to remove. Then drag fill handle over the cells to apply this formula.
Remove leading zeros from cells by Kutools for Excel
If you want to remove leading zeros, you can apply Kutools for Excelās Remove Leading Zeros utility to remove all leading zeros at one click.
Select the cells you want to use, click Kutools > Text > Remove Leading Zeros.
A dialog pops out to remind you how many cells are operated. Click OK to close it.
Now the leading zeros have been removed at once.
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