How to Remove Leading or Trailing Zeros in Excel

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This wikiHow teaches you how to remove zeros from the beginning (Leading) or end (Trailing) of numbers in Excel.

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Removing Leading Zeros

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    If you’re working with numbers in a column, you can highlight the whole column by clicking the column letter.
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    If your computer doesn’t have a right mouse button, press Ctrl as you click with the left. A menu will appear.
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    The Format Cells dialog will appear.
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    It’s at the bottom-right corner of the screen. This brings you back to your spreadsheet, where you should no longer see zeros before your numbers.
    • If you still see leading zeros, double-click the cells, then press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return .
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Removing Trailing Zeros

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    If you’re working with numbers in a column, you can highlight the whole column by clicking the column letter.
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    The Format Cells dialog will appear.
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    If any text is in the box, delete it now. Then, type 0.### into the box.
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    You will no longer see extraneous zeros at the ends of your numbers.
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