How to remove non-English characters in Excel column?

For instance, here is a list of names which include some non-English characters. How can you quickly remove the cells that contain non-English characters in Excel?

Remove rows containing non-English characters by VBA

Remove non-English characters from strings using Kutools for Excel

Remove rows containing non-English characters by VBA

Here is a VBA that can remove the rows which contain non-English characters in Excel.

1. Active the worksheet containing the characters you want to remove, and press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste below code to the Module.

VBA: Remove non-English characters

Sub RemoveNonEnglish()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20171204
    Dim xRg As Range
    Dim xCell As Range
    Dim I As Long
    Dim J As Long
    Dim xRows As Long
    Dim xAsc As Long
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Select single column:", "KuTools For Excel", Selection.Address, , , , , 8)
    If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    xRows = xRg.Rows.Count
    Set xRg = xRg(1)
    For I = 1 To xRows
        Set xCell = xRg.Offset(I - 1)
        If xCell.Value <> "" Then
            For J = 1 To Len(xCell.Value)
                xAsc = Asc(UCase(Mid(xCell.Value, J, 1)))
                If xAsc < 65 Or xAsc > 90 Then
                    xCell.EntireRow.Delete
                    I = I - 1
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
        End If
    Next
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    MsgBox "Completed...", vbInformation
End Sub

3. Press F5 key to select the column list you want to use to in the popping dialog.

4. Click OK > OK, and then the rows containing non-English characters have been removed.

Note: this VBA only works for one column.

Remove non-English characters from strings using Kutools for Excel

If you want to remove non-English characters from string as below screenshot shown, you can apply Kutools for Excel’s Remove Characters feature to quickly finish it.

1. Select the range you need and click Kutools > Text > Remove Characters. See screenshot:

2. Check Non-alpha only in the Remove Characters dialog, you can see the result in the Preview first.

3. Click Ok, the non-English characters have been removed from strings.

Demo: Remove non-English characters from strings using Kutools for Excel