Want to delete or truncate numbers to the left in Excel? Learning how to remove numbers in Excel from the left is a neat trick to automate subtracting unwanted digits.

Learn about 10 Text functions in Excel with examples, including Find, Len, Left, Right, Mid, Substitute, Upper, Trim, Concatenate, and Text.

It is very easy to dissect the contents of a cell in Excel using the functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT. All three functions are easy to learn.

Substitute "LeftB" and "RightB" functions for "Left" and "Right" functions if you're using Excel in Japanese, simplified or traditional Chinese, or Korean.

I’m sharing six of those essential Excel functions that I wish I had learned much earlier. I’m confident that they will make a huge difference in your work, too.