Remove characters

Modified on Wed, 19 Oct, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Cleaning data in Excel often involves a number of actions that, if performed manually, could easily take hours. The Power-user add-in includes a feature to remove custom characters, helping you easily clean your data.


To remove characters from an Excel range:

  • Select the range to clean
  • From the Power-user tab in Excel, click Remove characters
  • The below dialog box opens. Select the appropriate option:
    • Extra spaces: this will clean leading and trailing spaces, while also remove multiple spaces within your text. This can also be achieved using a TRIM() function.
    • Line breaks and non-printing characters: this will remove line breaks and non-printing characters from the selected range. This can also be achieved using a CLEAN() function.
    • Custom characters: specify custom characters that you would like to remove in the selected range. You can make this case sensitive or not using the checkbox just below.
  • Click OK to validate.


Power-user add-in l Remove extra spaces, line breaks, non-printing characters and custom characters from a range in Excel


See also: Add characters

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