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    Exclamation deletion of words from list in excel

    how could i delete numerous words from various entries in excel data list

    e.g. salman (Ali) Khan - i want to delete (Ali) from the cell value

    please help out

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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    find (ali) replace with space?
    or replace (*) to remove all () with a word in
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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    I will rather explain the querry

    salman (Ali) Khan
    salman (Ahmed) Khan
    salman (shah) Khan

    Now please guide how can i remove the whole bracket, it a long list.

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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    use find replace
    in find put (*)
    in replace put nothing click ok

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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    Try this formula it will work exactly according to your requirement.



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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    Thank You Martin , this is so easy and very helpfull

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    Re: deletion of words from list in excel

    @ martin

    It is really fantastic thanks for your helpful answer.

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