TEXTSPLIT Function in Excel: Split Text Into Cells

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

TextLevel: ExpertAvailable in: Excel 365 / 2021+

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

TEXTSPLIT splits text by a delimiter into columns and/or rows — a formula version of Text to Columns that updates automatically.

Syntax

=TEXTSPLIT(text, col_delimiter, [row_delimiter], [ignore_empty])
Argument What it means
col_delimiter Splits across columns.
row_delimiter Splits down rows.

Examples

Example 1

=TEXTSPLIT(A2, ",")

“Delhi,Mumbai,Pune” across three cells.

Example 2

=TEXTSPLIT(A2, , ",")

Down three rows.

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