How can I format bytes a cell in Excel as KB, MB, GB etc?

Question

I have a value in a cell that\'s in bytes. But nobody can read 728398112238. I\'d rather it say 678.37GB

To write a formula to format it relatively easy (here\'s one

Answer 1

And, yet another solution, is to use engineering notation. (That's like scientific notation except the exponent is always a multiple of 3.) Right-click on the cell(s) and select Format Cells. Under the Number tab, select Custom. Then in the Type: box, put the following:

##0.00E+00

Then click OK. Instead of K, M, etc, you'll have +3, +6, etc. This will work for positive and negative numbers, as well as positive and negative exponents, -3 is m, -6 is u, etc.

567.00E-06
  5.67E-03
 56.70E-03
567.00E-03
  5.67E+00
 56.70E+00
567.00E+00
  5.67E+03
 56.70E+03
567.00E+03
  5.67E+06