{"id":1749,"date":"2024-08-27T12:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2024-08-28T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:40:26","slug":"excel-trim-function-not-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/excel-trim-function-not-working","title":{"rendered":"5 Easy Ways for TRIM Function Not Working in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"1898181a2aebca931198b7f41678d855\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<style>\r\n.leaderboard { width: 320px; height: 100px; }\r\n@media(min-width: 500px) { .leaderboard { width: 468px; height: 60px; } }\r\n@media(min-width: 800px) { .leaderboard { width: 728px; height: 90px; } }\r\n<\/style>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8329139124199643\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle leaderboard\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block\"\r\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8329139124199643\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1972481166\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we all know, Microsoft Excel has plenty of useful functions to make the work easy for users. The \u201c<strong>TRIM\u201d <\/strong>function is one of them. This function helps to remove unwanted spaces between words in a string and returns a text value with leading and trailing spaces removed. But sometimes TRIM function refuses to work due to various unpleasant reasons. In this blog, I will explore the common causes and some quick solutions to <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>fix the TRIM function not working in Excel <\/strong>in no time<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'><div style='background: #eafdeb; padding: 12px;'><p><strong style='font-size: 18px;'>To repair corrupt Excel workbook, we recommend this tool:<\/strong><\/p><p style='font-size: 17px;'>This software will prevent Excel workbook data such as BI data, financial reports & other analytical information from corruption and data loss. With this software you can rebuild corrupt Excel files and restore every single visual representation & dataset to its original, intact state in 3 easy steps:<\/p><div><ol style='font-size: 17px; margin-top: 4px;'><li><strong><a href='https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/free-download-now' target='_blank'>Try Excel File Repair Tool<\/a><\/strong> rated <i>Excellent<\/i> by Softpedia, Softonic & CNET.<\/li><li>Select the corrupt Excel file (XLS, XLSX) & click <b>Repair<\/b> to initiate the repair process.<\/li><li>Preview the repaired files and click <b>Save File<\/b> to save the files at desired location.<\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div><\/div><br>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why Is TRIM Not Working in Excel?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Excel, TRIM is categorized as a <strong>string\/text Function<\/strong> and can be used as a worksheet function (WS) and VBA function (VBA) in Excel. However, it fails to work due to various reasons mentioned below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Incorrect syntax or arguments<\/li>\n<li>Missing parentheses<\/li>\n<li>Corrupted workbook<\/li>\n<li>Extra spaces are added to the inserted content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After identifying the major factors, now it\u2019s time to know how to fix Excel TRIM not working problem with the best solutions.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to Fix TRIM Function Not Working in Excel Issue?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a glance over all the appropriate methods:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Way 1- Remove Entire Spaces Including the Spaces Between Words<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you don\u2019t want any spaces between the words and in a formula you were using <strong>TRIM<\/strong> then use <strong>SUBSTITUTE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Here check out how to use SUBSTITUTE formula.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>See the cell <strong>A2 in the screenshot,<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces1.png 856w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces1-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces1-768x465.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Locate the entire<strong> \u201d \u201d (in the inverted commas detect the gap by clicking space key on the keyboard)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>And replace them with<strong> \u201c\u201d (detect no gap, you need to replace it with nothing)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The instance number will left blank as we need everything to be replaced<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read<\/span>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/transpose-function-not-working-in-excel\">Microsoft Excel Transpose Not Working? Fix It Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Way 2- Remove Non-breaking Spaces<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can remove the non-breaking space from the line of text by making use of <strong>TRIM, SUBSTITUTE, and CHAR functions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As inside the TRIM function, the <strong>SUBSTITUTE and CHAR<\/strong> functions are nested. And you can type the formula into the worksheet by using the <strong>functions dialog boxes<\/strong> for entering the arguments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ExcelTrim-58d184203df78c3c4ff40b87.jpg\" alt=\"excel-trim\" width=\"533\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ExcelTrim-58d184203df78c3c4ff40b87.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ExcelTrim-58d184203df78c3c4ff40b87-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ExcelTrim-58d184203df78c3c4ff40b87-306x205.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Follow the below-given instruction:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>First, copy line of the below text that contains many non-breaking spaces between the words <strong><em>non-breaking<\/em> and <em>spaces<\/em><\/strong>, into the cell (<strong>for example C1)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Removing non-breaking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 spaces<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Then click <em>cell C3 (this is the cell where the formula for removing the spaces will be placed)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>And type the below-given formula in the <strong>cell C3 <\/strong>and hit <strong>Enter<\/strong> key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>\u00a0=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(C1,CHAR(160),CHAR(32)))<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The text line <strong>removing non-breaking spaces<\/strong> in Excel appear in cell C3 without any spaces between words<\/li>\n<li>And click cell C3 for showing the complete formula&gt; appears in the formula bar above the worksheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this way, you can remove space between the words when the Excel TRIM function won\u2019t works.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How The Formula Works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every function performs its particular task:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The <strong>CHAR function <\/strong>is used for entering ASCII codes for two different spaces into the formula \u2013 <strong>160 &amp; 32<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The <strong>SUBSTITUTE function<\/strong> replaces entire non-breaking spaces between the words with regular spaces.<\/li>\n<li>And the <strong>TRIM function<\/strong> removes extra regular space between words thus the statement emerges in the worksheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Way 3- Considerations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, if the <strong>Excel TRIM not working<\/strong>, then you might face problems other than non-breaking spaces especially if you are working with original source material offered in HTML.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you paste material in Excel, try to paste it as plain text for stripping background formatting from string and eliminate special formatting like characters that are provided as white &#8211; looks like space but is not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, check for embedded tabs that might be replaced by utilizing same formulas as above but replacing ASCII code <strong>160 with 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For replacing any <strong>ASCII code<\/strong> with any other <strong>SUBSTITUTE<\/strong> is useful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now check the trick how to remove space the Excel says there are no spaces.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read<\/span>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/excel-textjoin-function-not-working\">Excel TEXTJOIN Not Working? Discover the Solution Here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Way 4- Remove Space When Excel Says There Are No Spaces (but you see them!)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, sometimes\u00a0Excel won\u2019t recognize the space but you can see them. Commonly when you do a Find-Replace, Excel ignores it and leaves the spaces in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The space you are looking is not space generated by the keyboard; the quick fix is to paste it into the substitute function. This doesn\u2019t seem to make a difference.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"708\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces2.png 783w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces2-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces2-768x612.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Follow the steps to remove spaces from Excel cell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">In one cell highlight the gap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Then <strong>copy the gap (press CTRL + C<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Create <strong>SUBSTITUTE <\/strong>formula but <strong>paste an item<\/strong> into <strong>Old Text option<\/strong> (<strong>you won\u2019t but Excel recognize a different type of space)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"775\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces4.png 775w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces4-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Remove-spaces4-768x501.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Excel will replace the spaces named as spaces with nothing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Way 5- Repair Damaged Excel Workbook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I have already mentioned in the causes section, corruption in the specific workbook can also lead to <strong>TRIM not working in Excel<\/strong> problems. In such a case, you can use a free Open and Repair tool to overcome this hectic situation.<\/p>\n<p>Steps to be followed to run this feature:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Launch Excel application &gt;&gt; Go to <strong>Open<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/open.png\" alt=\"Repair Your Excel Workbook\" width=\"163\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Navigate the folder to choose the corrupted Excel workbook.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Under\u00a0<strong>Open\u00a0<\/strong>dialog box, select the problematic XLS\/XLSX file.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">After this, click an arrow next to\u00a0<strong>Open\u00a0<\/strong>button &gt;&gt; <strong>Open and Repair<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/excel-cannot-open-the-file-3.png\" alt=\"Use Open and Repair Tool\" width=\"700\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Lastly, click on \u201c<strong>Repair<\/strong>\u201d button to recover as much of the workbook data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the Open and Repair tool doesn\u2019t work due to severe corruption, you can opt for the most versatile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/download-excel-repair.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Excel Repair Tool<\/strong><\/a>. It can easily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/13-ways-to-repair-corrupt-excel-file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>fix the corrupted Excel document<\/strong><\/a> and recover all the data saved within it.<\/p>\n<center><div style='margin: 5px 15px 15px 0;'><a style='background: #3bc949; border-radius: 25px; color: #ffffff; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; padding: 2px 20px; height: 40px; line-height: 40px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: none; border: none;' href='https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/free-download-now' target='_blank'><span style='color: #ffffff;'><i class='fab fa-windows'><\/i><\/span> Try Now<\/a> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a style='background: #FAB152; border-radius: 25px; color: #ffffff; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; padding: 2px 20px; height: 40px; line-height: 40px; vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-decoration: none; border: none;' href='https:\/\/www.repairmsexcel.com\/blog\/buy-now' target='_blank'><span style='color: #ffffff;'><i class='fas fa-cart-plus'><\/i><\/span> Buy Now<\/a><\/div><div style='margin: 5px 0 10px 0; font-size: 13px;'><font color='red'>*<\/font> Free version of the product only previews recoverable data.<\/div><\/center>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Related FAQs:<\/strong><\/h2>\n        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Why TRIM Is Not Removing Extra Spaces in Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe TRIM function does not remove extra spaces or non-printing characters. It only removes white spaces in the Excel spreadsheet.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>How Do I TRIM All Spaces in Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo TRIM all spaces in Excel, go to the <strong>Formulas<\/strong> tab, and click the <strong>Text<\/strong> dropdown menu under the Functions group. Now, select TRIM. As soon as the dialog box appears, click on the cell that contains the text you would like to remove spaces &gt;&gt; click OK.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t        <section class=\"sc_fs_faq sc_card \">\n            <div>\n\t\t\t\t<h3>What Is the Alternative to TRIM In Excel?<\/h3>                <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    <p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can use the <strong>SUBSTITUTE, LEFT, RIGHT<\/strong>, and <strong>LEN<\/strong> functions in Excel instead of TRIM to remove spaces and perform complex tasks.                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n    {\n\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\t\"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n\t\t\"mainEntity\": [\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Question\",\n\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Why TRIM Is Not Removing Extra Spaces in Excel?\",\n\t\t\t\t\"acceptedAnswer\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Answer\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"text\": \"The TRIM function does not remove extra spaces or non-printing characters. 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