Hi,

To do it in the same column requires Vb but to extract it to another column
use this and drag down

=LEFT(A1,SEARCH("feb",A1)+2)

Mike

"Thomas" wrote:

In some of about 5000 cells (all in column A) containing words and numbers
there is a certain word, for instance feb. How do I delete everything that
is located on the right side of feb? The word feb can be foumd anywhere in a
cell.