Excel can do that with a macro but we need to be clear on the data layout.
Is this all in one cell or multiple cells?

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Mike

"tonyd" wrote:

there are many credit card numbers....so one just wont work, anyway your
answer in here was better than the last...but i find it hard to beleive that
excel cant do the following steps

1-search cells for any number between 0000-9999
2-delete or replace it

call me crazy but it doesnt seem much i just dont know the answer though.

"Mike H" wrote:

Hi,

It won't get you an answer any quicker by posting in different groups, the
people here generally read all of them.

Why not try
Edit|Replace
enter 5896
and in the replace box enter **** or leave it blank
Click replace all

The credit card number will end up looking like

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Mike

"tonyd" wrote:

I have a column with a lot of information in it from our clients. some of
the cells have credit card numbers in them. all i want to do is tell excel
to find any group of 4 numbers ex. 5689 or 4589 and delete it. here is a
breif example of what you may find in any given cell. the numbers are not
real BTW. i have 4 thousand cells like the one below, i cant change them it
would take too long, i just want excel to find groups of four numbers and
then change them so no one can see the phone numbers, cc numbers or ss numbers
thank you





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