Title: Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
Headings: Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
Excel TRIM function - quick way to remove extra spaces
TRIM function - remove extra spaces in Excel
TRIM (text)
=TRIM (A1)
=TRIM (CLEAN (A1))
How to use TRIM function in Excel - formula examples
How to trim spaces in an entire column of data
How to remove leading spaces in a numeric column
=VALUE (TRIM (A2))
How to remove only leading spaces in Excel (Left Trim)
=MID (A2,FIND (MID (TRIM (A2),1,1),A2),LEN (A2))
How to count extra spaces in a cell
=LEN (A2)-LEN (TRIM (A2))
How to highlight cells with excess spaces
=LEN ($A2)>LEN (TRIM ($A2))
Excel TRIM not working
=TRIM (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (160), " "))
=TRIM (CLEAN (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (160), " ")))
Leading space: =CODE (LEFT (A1,1))
Trailing space: =CODE (RIGHT (A1,1))
=CODE (MID (A1, n, 1)))
=TRIM (SUBSTITUTE (A1, CHAR (9), " "))
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Content: The following screenshot shows that all leading spaces are gone, while multiple spaces between words are still there: As a finishing touch, replace the original text with the trimmed values, as shown in step 3 of the Trim formula example, and you are good to go! Tip. If you also want to remove spaces from the end of cells, make use of the Trim Spaces tool. There is no obvious Excel formula to remove leading and trailing spaces keeping multiple spaces between words intact. How to count extra spaces in a cell
Sometimes, before removing spaces in your Excel sheet, you may want to know how many excess spaces are actually there. To get the number of extra spaces in a cell, find out the total text length using the LEN function, then calculate the string length without extra spaces, and subtract the latter from the former: =LEN (A2)-LEN (TRIM (A2))
The following screenshot shows the above formula in action: Note. The formula returns the count of extra spaces in a cell, i.e. leading, trailing, and more than one consecutive spaces between words, but it does not count single spaces in the middle of the text.