Replace substrings in Excel

Before you start

Pay attention to the following aspects:

• Only one column is processed at a time.
• Locate the substrings to be looked for and the substrings that are to replace them in individual cells within two adjacent columns. They should be opposite each other like in the screenshot below:
  
• The result is put in a neighboring column and your source data doesn't undergo any changes.

How to replace substrings

Click the Substring Tools icon on the Ablebits Data tab and start the tool by selecting Replace Substrings:

Here is the tool pane to work with:

1. Select a column containing the data to be processed—the Source column.
2. Using the icons on the right side of the Source column box, you can select your current table column or any other column you need.
3. Select a range containing the substrings to be replaced and the substrings to be inserted—the Substrings range.
4. Using the icons on the right side of the Substrings range box, you can expand your current selection to two neighboring columns or select another range.
5. If the search for substrings should be case-sensitive, pick the Case-sensitive option.
6. Tick Replace whole words only if you want partial matches to be ignored.

See an example:

The tool processes your data right after you click the Replace button. The resulting column appears on the right of the source one and the tool informs you about the work done: