{"id":8009,"date":"2018-04-05T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T14:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/blog\/?p=7718"},"modified":"2024-04-17T04:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T02:24:26","slug":"countblank-formula-excel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/countblank-formula-excel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CountBlank Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Counts the number of cells that are blank<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=COUNTBLANK(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">range<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=COUNTBLANK(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">range of cells to check<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Do you have a scenario where you want to count the number of cells that <strong>are blank in your Excel data?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are auditing your data and want to make sure that a blank cell is actually blank (and doesn&#8217;t contain an invisible character), then this formula is for you.<\/p>\n<p>There is a simple way to count blank cells using Excel&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>COUNTBLANK formula!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdh4-IPjZH0?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><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><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COUNTBLANK.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COUNTBLANK.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">COUNTBLANK.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>COUNTBLANK\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=COUNTBLANK(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-01.jpg\" alt=\"CountBlank Formula in Excel\" width=\"533\" height=\"156\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>COUNTBLANK\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/countblank-formula-excel-2\/#range\" title=\"range\">range<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"range\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>range<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the range of values that you want to check how many are blank?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=COUNTBLANK(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">B9:C12)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-02.jpg\" alt=\"CountBlank Formula in Excel\" width=\"507\" height=\"154\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You now have your count of values that are blank! There are 3 blank values!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/COUNTBLANK-3.jpg\" alt=\"CountBlank Formula in Excel\" width=\"510\" height=\"156\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does it do? Counts the number of cells that are blank Formula breakdown: =COUNTBLANK(range) What it means: =COUNTBLANK(range of cells to check) Do you have a scenario where you want to count the number of cells that are blank in your Excel data? 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