{"id":1442,"date":"2015-06-25T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2023-11-30T01:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:38:02","slug":"excel-text-to-columns-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/excel-text-to-columns-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"Text to Columns &#8211; Emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a data set with text consisting of names and email addresses that are wrapped inside a parenthesis, like:<\/p>\n<table width=\"273\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"273\">John (john@email.com)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;then you can use the <em><strong>Text to Columns<\/strong> <\/em>feature in Excel to take out the email addresses and put them in a separate column.<\/p>\n<p>See how this is done with the following short tutorial.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6yo1vqHJIb8?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-Emails.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Text-to-Columns-Emails.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1: <\/strong><\/span>Let us add a new column for us to place the Email addresses in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right-click <\/strong>on the <strong>Year Column header<\/strong>. Go to <em><strong>Insert &gt; Table Columns to the Left<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Make sure to rename the new column header to\u00a0<strong>Email<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-01.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"1031\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-01.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-01-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-01-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-01-768x334.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1031px) 100vw, 1031px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2: <\/strong><\/span>Now we have a blank Email column. Select the values of the\u00a0<strong>Name &amp; Email column.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-02.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"781\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-02.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-02-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-02-768x341.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3: <\/strong><\/span>Go to\u00a0<em><strong>Data &gt; Text to Columns<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-03.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"852\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-03.jpg 852w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-03-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-03-768x119.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 4: <\/strong><\/span>Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-04.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"507\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-04.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-04-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We want to split the Name &amp; Email value by the (.<\/p>\n<p>To do this select\u00a0<strong>Other\u00a0<\/strong>and populate\u00a0<strong>(\u00a0<\/strong>inside. Click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-05.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"507\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-05.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-05-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The preview of the conversion looks good. Click\u00a0<strong>Finish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-06.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"507\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-06.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-06-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19645\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-07.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"350\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-07.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-07-300x102.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 5: <\/strong><\/span>Now we have the\u00a0<strong>Email\u00a0<\/strong>column populated.\u00a0 The last step is to remove the ) at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Select the values of the\u00a0<strong>Email\u00a0<\/strong>column.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-08.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"814\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-08.jpg 814w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-08-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-08-768x339.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 6: <\/strong><\/span>Let us do a replacement of the values. Press <strong>CTRL + H<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Place <strong>)<\/strong> in the\u00a0<strong>Find what\u00a0<\/strong>and click\u00a0<strong>Replace All<\/strong>. This will replace the\u00a0<strong>)\u00a0<\/strong>with a blank value, resulting in it getting completely removed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-09.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"621\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-09.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-09-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we have our names and emails separated!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Text to Columns - Emails\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-10.jpg\" alt=\"Text to Columns - Emails\" width=\"808\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-10.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-10-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Text-to-Columns-10-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"> <strong><style>.special-box a { color: #fff; } <\/style><div class=\"drop-shadow lifted special-box\" style=\"text-align: center; color: #fff; padding: 15px; background: var(--V4-primary-orange); border-radius: 6px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-51.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#x1f449; Click Here To Join Our Excel Academy Online Course &amp; Access 1,000+ Excel Tutorials On Formulas, Macros, VBA, Pivot Tables, Dashboards, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Charts, Microsoft Office Suite + MORE!\u00a0<\/a> <\/div><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have a data set with text consisting of names and email addresses that are wrapped inside a parenthesis, like: John (john@email.com) &nbsp; &#8230;then you can use the Text to Columns feature in Excel to take out the email addresses and put them in a separate column. 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