How to remove inverted commas from cells in Excel?

Sometimes, when you import data from other applications to Excel, there are inverted commas displaying before all numbers in your spreadsheet as below screenshot shown. You can’t remove this inverted comma by the Find and Replace feature. How would you do to remove it? This article will introduce two methods for you.

Remove inverted commas from cells with the Multiply feature
Easily remove all inverted commas from cells with Kutools for Excel

In inverted commas Used to indicate that something one just said is untruthful, ironic, or disingenuous. ('Inverted commas' is another term for quotation marks, chiefly used in British English.) We were 'taught,' in inverted commas, by the teaching assistant, but we did most of our learning independently. See also: comma Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. Inverted comma - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else quotation mark, quote punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. Inverted comma definition, quotation mark. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co.

Remove inverted commas from cells with the Multiply feature

You can remove inverted commas from selected cells with the Multiply feature of Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Enter a number 1 into a blank cell, then copy this cell with pressing Ctrl + C keys simultaneously.

2. Select the cells which contain the inverted commas you need to remove, and then click Home > Paste > Paste Special. See screenshot:

3. In the Pates Special dialog box, select the Multiply option in the Operation section, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:

Inverted commas can be single – ‘x’ – or double – 'x'. They are also known as quotation marks, speech marks, or quotes. According to the The Oxford Guide to Style British usage of single vs double inverted commas differs from the US one. Quotation marks, also called 'inverted commas', are of two types: single and double. British practice is normally to enclose quoted matter between single quotation marks, and to use double quotation marks for a quotation within a quotation.

Then you can see all inverted commas are removed from selected cells immediately. See screenshot:

Remove inverted commas from cells with Kutools for Excel

The Remove Characters utility of Kutools for Excel will help you quickly remove all inverted commas from selected cells at once.

Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.

1. Select the cells with inverted commas you need to remove, then click Kutools > Text > Remove Characters.

2. In the Remove Characters dialog box, check the Custom box, enter the inverted comma into the textbox, and then click the OK button.

Then all inverted commas in selected cells are removed at once.

If you want to have a free trial ( 30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

Easily remove all inverted commas from cells with Kutools for Excel

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