Excel Formulas to Clean & Reformat Telephone Numbers ~ Simple Tips!!
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Published: 2021-06-16 10:42:01

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Suppose, you have a list of telephone numbers that are formatted with various formatting. Now, you want to **clean up all the phone number formatting and reformat them with specific telephone numbers**. How can use solve this problem? In this article, I will show the simple trick to achieve this job. Let’s jump into this article!! Get an official version of ** MS Excel**  from the following link: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/microsoft-365/excel)

[![Clean and reformat telephone numbers](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Clean-and-reformat-telephone-numbers.png)](https://geekexcel.com/excel-formulas-to-clean-and-reformat-telephone-numbers/clean-and-reformat-telephone-numbers/#main)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-46036">Clean and reformat telephone numbers</figcaption>
## Generic Formula:

- Use the below formula to convert the numbers into specified telephone number format.

**=[SUBSTITUTE](https://geekexcel.com/how-to-use-substitute-function-in-microsoft-excel-2013/)(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,”(“,””),”)”,””),”-“,””),” “,””),”.”,””)+0**

## Syntax Explanations:

- **SUBSTITUTE** – In Excel, the [**SUBSTITUTE function**](https://geekexcel.com/how-to-use-substitute-function-in-microsoft-excel-2013/) can replace existing text with new text in a text string when you want to replace text based on its content, not position.
- **A1** – It represents the input value.
- **Comma symbol (,)** – It is a separator that helps to separate a list of values.
- **Parenthesis ()** – The main purpose of this symbol is to group the elements.

## Practical Example:

Refer to the below example image.

- First, we will enter the input values in **Column B**.
- Here we are going to reformat the telephone numbers.

![Input Range](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Input-Range-3.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-46038">Input Range</figcaption>

- Select any cell and apply the above-given formula.

![Enter the formula](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Enter-the-formula-11.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-46037">Enter the formula</figcaption>

- Finally, press  **ENTER**  to get the result out.

![Result](https://geekexcel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Result-10.png)<figcaption id="caption-attachment-46035">Result</figcaption>

## Wind-Up:

Here, we have described the simple formulas to **clean and reformat the telephone numbers in Excel**. Mention your **queries** in the **comment** box below.

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