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How to remove #VALUE! in cells

Anonymous
2023-11-30T19:42:56+00:00

How would I go about clearing #VALUE!. I have tried the search option which highlights #VALUE! but when I use a blank replace the system stops me from doing so.

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  1. Rich~M 20,355 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-30T22:09:35+00:00

    Hi William. I am an Excel user like you.

    There is a problem with your SUM formula. Right now, that formula reads:

    =SUM(F3-G3,"#VALUE!")

    The first issue is the cell range to be added by the SUM function. If you are intending to add F3 through G3 you need to express it as F3:G3. The second issue is that you have the #VALUE! listed as a value to be added to the other total. Excel cannot add a text to a number and therefore the formula will always result in a value error.

    Your sum formula should be:

    =SUM(F3:G3)

    If you take care of that issue, you may take care of all of the value errors. If not, then you can use the IFERROR function as Daniell said like this:

    =IFERROR(SUM(F3:G3),"")

    If you want something entered in the cell instead of a blank cell you can insert it inside the quotation marks at the end of the formula.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T20:16:13+00:00

    Hi, William A

    thank you for coming to the forum, my name is Adekunle.its worth noting that this is a user community and we are all users here. while we strive to assist and share insights we are not microsoft.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T20:19:56+00:00

    To resolve the #VALUE! error in Microsoft Excel, you can use the IFERROR function to replace the error with a blank cell. Here's an example formula:

    =IFERROR(YourFormula, "")

    Replace "YourFormula" with the actual formula causing the #VALUE! error. This way, if the formula results in an error, it will display a blank cell instead. If you encounter any issues, feel free to provide more details for further assistance.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-30T21:39:58+00:00

    Daniell, I'm getting this message as per screenshot. Where am I going wrong? I want to take the value in column F subtract column G with the value in column H. Column H will have values at some time thats why I want the cells in column H clear .

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-01T10:32:23+00:00

    Thanks Rich~M Thats what I wanted. Sad that it took so long to arrive at the salutation!

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