If A1 contains text THEREFORE YOU and the formula in B2 is
=MID(A1,5,LEN(A1)-4) then EFORE YOU is returned.

HTH Rob

"Aladin Akyurek" wrote in message
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MFreeman wrote:
How do I remove the 1st 4 characters of a field in Excel?

=REPLACE(A2,1,4,"")