How to Change the Decimal Separator in Excel (including the Thousands Separator)

Here we are with a super quick way how to change the decimal (and thousands) separator in Excel if needed.

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How to Change the Decimal Separator in Excel

To change the decimal or thousands separator in Excel, first click on ‘File’ in the menu at the top of the screen.

Then go to ‘Options’ here at the bottom on the left.

You’ll see a window where you click on ‘Advanced’.

Then, under ‘Editing options’, look for the section ‘Use system separators’. Here you can specify what separators you want to use.

We’re going to change the decimal separator and use the comma instead of the period, so we’ll simply rewrite this period and type in a comma.

For the thousands separator, we’re going to use the period and we’ll do this in the same way.

Now, just confirm with OK and that’s it! The separators have been changed just as we needed.

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