remove HTML tags from cell strings : excel Formula

Question

I have a Data with HTML tags in excel sheet like below:

This is test data
Nice
 Go on this is next Cell
Very goood ...         


        

      

Answer 1

Open VBA in Excel (Alt +F11), click on the project name (spreadsheet name) in the project explorer on the right. Insert -> New Module. Paste the user defined function below into the module Window. Save as .XLSM which allow Macros.

type the function '=StripHTML(A2)' assuming your data is in cell A2. You can also download a working example here:

http://jfrancisconsulting.com/how-to-strip-html-tags-in-excel/

Function StripHTML(cell As Range) As String
    Dim RegEx As Object
    Set RegEx = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")
    Dim sInput As String
    Dim sOut As String
    sInput = cell.Text

    sInput = Replace(sInput, "\x0D\x0A", Chr(10))
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "\x00", Chr(10))

    'replace HTML breaks and end of paragraphs with line breaks
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "
", Chr(10) & Chr(10))
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "
", Chr(10))

    'replace bullets with dashes
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "
", "-")

    'add back all of the special characters
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "–", "–")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "—", "—")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "¡", "¡")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "¿", "¿")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, """, "")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "“", "")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "”", "")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "", "'")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "‘", "'")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "’", "’")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "«", "«")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "»", "»")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, " ", " ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "&", "&")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "¢", "¢")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "©", "©")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "÷", "÷")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, ">", ">")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "<", "<")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "µ", "µ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "·", "·")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "¶", "¶")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "±", "±")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "€", "€")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "£", "£")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "®", "®")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "§", "§")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "™", "™")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "¥", "¥")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "á", "á")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Á", "Á")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "à", "à")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "À", "À")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "â", "â")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Â", "Â")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "å", "å")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Å", "Å")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ã", "ã")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ã", "Ã")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ä", "ä")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ä", "Ä")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "æ", "æ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Æ", "Æ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ç", "ç")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ç", "Ç")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "é", "é")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "É", "É")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "è", "è")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "È", "È")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ê", "ê")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ê", "Ê")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ë", "ë")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ë", "Ë")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "í", "í")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Í", "Í")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ì", "ì")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ì", "Ì")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "î", "î")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Î", "Î")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ï", "ï")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ï", "Ï")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ñ", "ñ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ñ", "Ñ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ó", "ó")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ó", "Ó")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ò", "ò")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ò", "Ò")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ô", "ô")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ô", "Ô")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ø", "ø")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ø", "Ø")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "õ", "õ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Õ", "Õ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ö", "ö")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ö", "Ö")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ß", "ß")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ú", "ú")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ú", "Ú")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ù", "ù")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ù", "Ù")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "û", "û")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Û", "Û")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ü", "ü")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "Ü", "Ü")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "ÿ", "ÿ")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "", "´")
    sInput = Replace(sInput, "", "`")

    'replace all the remaining HTML Tags
    With RegEx
    .Global = True
    .IgnoreCase = True
    .MultiLine = True
    .Pattern = "<[^>]+>" 'Regular Expression for HTML Tags.

    End With
    sOut = RegEx.Replace(sInput, "")
    StripHTML = sOut
    Set RegEx = Nothing
    End Function