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How to remove extension from filename in Excel?

Author Siluvia Last modified

To remove extensions from filenames and display only the filename, as shown in the screenshot below, here are two methods.

A screenshot of filenames in Excel with extensions

Remove extension from filename with formula
Remove extension from filename with Kutools for Excel

Remove extension from filename with formula

You can remove extension from file name with formula, please do as follows.

1. Select a blank cell adjacent to the filename (here we select cell B2), type formula =LEFT(A2,LOOKUP(2^15,FIND(".",A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2)))))-1) into the Formula Bar, and then press the Enter key.

You can see the file name is extracted to the selected cell without extension.

A screenshot showing filename extracted without extension using Excel formula

2. Select the cell B2, drag the Fill Handle down to the cells until all filenames are extracted without extensions. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing multiple filenames extracted without extensions using drag fill

Remove extension from filename with Kutools for Excel

With the Split Cells utility of Kutools for Excel, you can remove file extensions by splitting cells using the dot as a delimiter.

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1. Select the cells with filename you want to remove extension. Click Kutools > Merge & Split > Split Cells. See screenshot:

Screenshot of Kutools Split Cells option in Excel

2. In the Split Cells dialog box, select Split to Columns option in the Type section based on your needs, then select the Other box, type dot mark “.” Into the box, and then click the OK button.

Screenshot of Split Cells dialog with dot as the delimiter

3. In another popping up Split Cells dialog box, select a blank cell for locating the filename, and then click the OK button.

Screenshot of Split Cells dialog with cell location selection

You will get all filenames without extensions immediately in specified cells. See screenshot:

Screenshot showing results with filenames in Excel without extensions after using Kutools

Note: If there are multiple dot marks existing in the file name, the Split Cells utility will separate this file name to multiple cells based on the dot mark numbers.

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