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How to retrieve workbook name only in Excel

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If you want to get the workbook name only (i.e. the file name without path or sheet name) you can do so with a rather long formula that uses the MID function along with the FIND function.

Formula

=MID(CELL("filename",A1),FIND("[",CELL
("filename",A1))+1,FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))
-FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1)

Explanation

How the formula works

The cell function is used to get the full file name and path:

CELL("filename",A1)

The result looks like this:

path[workbook.xlsm]sheetname

At the highest level, the MID function simply extracts the file name from the path and sheet. The starting position is calculated with FIND:

FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))+1

The number of characters to extract is also calculated with FIND:

FIND("]",CELL("filename",A1))-FIND("[",CELL("filename",A1))-1

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