Retain Leading Zeroes in Excel

Modified on Tue, 14 Dec, 2021 at 3:17 PM

Format numbers to keep leading zeros in Excel
  1. Select the cells on your worksheet where you'll be adding the data.
  2. Right-click anywhere in the highlighted cells. Then on the shortcut menu, click Format Cells> Number Format>Text >OK.




3. Type or paste the numbers in the formatted cells.


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