AND Function in Excel: TRUE Only When All Conditions Are Met

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

LogicalLevel: BeginnerAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Example 2
  5. Related functions

AND returns TRUE when every condition is TRUE. It is almost always used inside IF.

Syntax

=AND(logical1, [logical2], ...)
Argument What it means
logical1… Conditions to test (up to 255).

Examples

Example 1

=AND(B2>=18, B2<=60)

Age within a range.

Example 2

=IF(AND(C2="Paid", D2<=E2), "On time", "Late")

Paid by the due date.

OR · NOT · IF

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