Just alter daddylonglegs formula

From =REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-3,4,"xxxx") Last 4
To =REPLACE(A1,1,4,"xxxx") First 4

George

davids wrote:
Apologies I need it to replace the first four digits with X
eg Account number = 123456 outcome I require is XXXX56

"daddylonglegs" wrote:


one way would be

=REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-3,4,"xxxx")


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