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Yes, there is a formula that can help you remove accents from text in Excel. Here's how you can do it:

First, select the cell or range of cells that contain the text with accents that you want to remove.
Next, click on the "Formulas" tab in the Excel ribbon and select "More Functions" "Text" "UNICODE".
In the "UNICODE" dialog box, enter the cell reference of the first cell that contains the text with accents that you want to remove. For example, if the text is in cell A1, enter
Code:
```
"A1"
```
in the "Number" field.
Click "OK" to close the dialog box. This will return the Unicode value of the first character in the text string.
Now, create a new column next to the column that contains the text with accents. In the first cell of the new column, enter the following formula:
Code:
```
=CHAR(IF(UNICODE(A1)<128,UNICODE(A1),32))
```
This formula will check if the Unicode value of the character in cell A1 is less than 128 (which means it's a standard ASCII character), and if so, it will return the character. If the Unicode value is greater than 128 (which means it's a character with an accent), it will return a space.
Copy the formula down to the rest of the cells in the new column. This will remove the accents from all the text in the original column.
Finally, you can copy and paste the values from the new column back into the original column to replace the text with accents.