Applies To
Excel for Microsoft 365 Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac Excel for the web
  1. Select the cells you want to split and choose Data and then  Excel Text to Columns Button icon Text to Columns.

  2. Select Delimited and then choose Next,

  3. Choose the Delimiters that apply. Check the preview and then select Next. 

  4. Choose the Column data format and select Finish.

Warning: If there is data in the cells to the right of the cells you're splitting, it may be overwritten.

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