ISNONTEXT Function in Excel: Anything But Text

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

InformationLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

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

ISNONTEXT is TRUE for numbers, blanks, errors and logicals. Handy in data validation to block text in amount columns.

Syntax

=ISNONTEXT(value)
Argument What it means
value Anything.

Examples

Example 1

=ISNONTEXT(C2)

Data-validation rule: reject typed text like “five hundred”.

ISTEXT · ISNUMBER

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