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=TRIM()

Removes all spaces from text except for single spaces between words. Use TRIM on text that you have received from another application that may have irregular spacing.

Applies To: Excel for Microsoft 365Excel for Microsoft 365 for MacExcel 2024Excel 2024 for MacExcel 2021Excel 2021 for MacExcel 2019Excel 2016
=TRIM(text)
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Output typeText
Popularity80 / 100
VolatileNo
Dynamic ArrayNo
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◧ Arguments

ArgumentTypeRequiredDescription
string Text Required The text from which you want spaces removed. The text must be contained in quotes.
cell Text Required The cell reference containing the text from which you want spaces removed.

▣ Examples

Example 1 =TRIM(" Sales report ")
Example 2 =TRIM(C3)
Example 3 =TRIM(CLEAN(B5))
Removes leading and trailing spaces from the text in the formula (First Quarter Earnings) =TRIM(" First Quarter Earnings ")
Result: First Quarter Earnings

✦ Tips

  • The TRIM function was designed to trim the 7-bit ASCII space character (value 32) from text. In the Unicode character set, there is an additional space character called the nonbreaking space character that has a decimal value of 160. This character is commonly used in Web pages as the HTML entity, ** **. By itself, the TRIM function does not remove this nonbreaking space character. For an example of how to trim both space characters from text, see Top ten ways to clean your data.

⇄ Related Functions

=CLEAN() Removes all nonprintable characters from text. Use CLEAN on text imported from other applications that contains characters that may not print with your operating system. For example, you can use CLEAN to remove some low-level computer code that is frequently at the beginning and end of data files and cannot be printed. =SUBSTITUTE() Substitutes new_text for old_text in a text string. Use SUBSTITUTE when you want to replace specific text in a text string; use REPLACE when you want to replace any text that occurs in a specific location in a text string. =VLOOKUP() Learn how to use function VLOOKUP in Excel to find data in a table or range by row. Our step-by-step guide makes vlookup in excel easy and efficient. =XLOOKUP() Use the XLOOKUP function when you need to find things in a table or a range by row. For example, look up the price of an automotive part by the part number, or find an employee name based on their employee ID. With XLOOKUP, you can look in one column for a search term, and return a result from the same row in another column, regardless of which side the return column is on. =REGEXREPLACE() REGEXREPLACE Function

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