Data Cleaning

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Delete Blank Excel Cells Only When Shifting Data Is Safe

Go To Special can select blank cells within an Excel range, after which the Delete command can remove them.

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Remove Unwanted Text Around an Excel Delimiter

Excel can remove text before or after a delimiter using Find and Replace, Flash Fill or formulas.

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Interpret Excel Word Counts Through Their Space-Based Rule

Excel can estimate word counts by combining LEN, SUBSTITUTE, and TRIM.

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Clean Excel Whitespace Beyond Ordinary Spaces

The Ablebits tutorial explains why ordinary TRIM may leave tabs and line breaks behind: it targets the standard ASCII space character.

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Check Nonbreaking Spaces When a TRIM Result Still Looks Wrong

TRIM can remove extra spaces from a text value or from text held in another cell.

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Investigate Invisible Spaces Behind Excel Mismatches

Leading, trailing, and nonbreaking spaces can cause Excel values that look identical to compare differently.

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Clean Repeated Character Problems Before Restructuring Text

Google Sheets includes a Find and replace dialog accessible through Ctrl+H.

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Separate Google Sheets Text by the Intended Delimiter

Google Sheets can divide text using the built-in Split text to columns tool or the SPLIT function.

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Extract Name Fields According to Their Real Text Structure

LEFT, MID, RIGHT, SEARCH, and LEN can work together to separate parts of a text value.

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Use TEXTSPLIT for a Formula-Based Separation

TEXTSPLIT divides a text value using column or row delimiters.