How to Make All Letters Lowercase in Google Sheets

In this article, you will learn how to make all your letters lowercase with the LOWER function in Google Sheets. This formula is helpful when you need to make all letters lowercase across a data set.

How to change all letters to lowercase in Google Sheets

1. Type “=LOWER(” or go to “Insert” → “Function” → “Text” → “LOWER”.
2. Input a text value by cell reference or manual input.
3. Press the “Enter” key.

The generic syntax is as follows:

=LOWER(text)

Text: This is a text string in which you make a change.

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See the following examples. Whatever cases of all letters in a selected text string, the LOWER formula makes all letters lowercase. The last example shows manual input of a text value, “ABC”.

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How do you change cases in sheets?

Other than the LOWER function, there are two major formulas, the PROPER and UPPER formulas, that change the cases of letters of a text string. The PROPER function makes the first letter uppercase and the rest of the letters lowercase. The UPPER formula gets all letters uppercase. Read this article to learn the PROPER function and this post to know about the UPPER formula.

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What are the other tips or formulas on text in Google Sheets?

Check the following articles if you are interested in formatting text in cells.
How to Make Text Bold, Italic, and Strikethrough in Google Sheets
How to Align Text in Google Sheets
How to Wrap Text in Cell in Google Sheets
How to Rotate Text in Google Sheets
How to Change Default Font in Google Sheets
How to Indent Texts in Google Sheets: Explained
‍‍How to Capitalize the First Letter in Google Sheets
‍How to Capitalize All Letters in Google Sheets
TEXT Function in Google Sheets: Explained

Do you want to learn how to combine or split text in Google Sheets?
How to Combine Texts in Google Sheets
CONCAT Function in Google Sheets: Explained
How to Use the CONCATENATE function in Google Sheets
How to Split Texts into Columns in Google Sheets
How to Use SPLIT Function in Google Sheets
CHAR Function in Google Sheets: Explained

Do you want to know where a specify character or word is in a text string?
LEFT Function in Google Sheets: Explained
How to Use RIGHT Function in Google Sheets
SEARCH Function in Google Sheets: Explained
FIND Function in Google Sheets: Explained

Do you need to replace a part of text with another characters or words?
How to Use REPLACE Function in Google Sheets
SUBSTITUTE Function in Google Sheets: Explained

Do you like to show a formulae in a cell?
How to Use FORMULATEXT Function in Google Sheets

This function is useful when you need to count the number of characters in a text string.
LEN Function in Google Sheets: Explained

Why don’t you double-check the spelling of your texts or cleaning up extra spaces before printing or closing Google Sheets?
How to Spell-check in Google Sheets
How to Trim Whitespaces in Google Sheets

You can repeat the same text string with this formula.
REPT Function in Google Sheets: Explained

You can learn about other Google Sheets formulas and tips that are not mentioned here on this page: LiveFlow‘s How to Guides