How to Type á (A with acute) on Excel

Q: What is the Unicode code for á?

U+00E1. In HTML it is &aacute;.

Published September 7, 2026, 2 min read

Typing á (a with acute) on Excel takes a few seconds once you know the trick. The short answer is =UNICHAR(225). Read on for step-by-step instructions, the uppercase Á and what to do when a method does not work.

á on Excel: =UNICHAR(225)

Á on Excel: =UNICHAR(193)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(225) in a cell to get á. To check a letter, =UNICODE("á") returns 225. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

Method 2: CHAR formula on Windows

=CHAR(225) also returns á on Windows, because it uses the Windows-1252 code page. On a Mac CHAR uses a different code page, so prefer UNICHAR.

Method 3: Keyboard methods inside a cell

Double-click the cell, then use Alt+0225 on Windows or Option+E, then A on a Mac.

Method 4: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"á","a") to strip this accent from a column, for example when cleaning names for an email system that does not accept accents.

How to type the capital Á

The uppercase form works the same way with Shift added where a letter is typed.

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(193) in a cell to get Á. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Á") returns 193. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

CHAR formula on Windows

=CHAR(193) also returns Á on Windows, because it uses the Windows-1252 code page. On a Mac CHAR uses a different code page, so prefer UNICHAR.

About the letter á

á is Unicode U+00E1, named LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE. It is used in Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Icelandic, Dutch and Welsh. A short line slanting up to the right. It marks stress in Spanish (canción), a closed vowel in French (été), vowel length in Czech, Hungarian and Irish, and a rising tone in Vietnamese and Pinyin. See the á character page for every code and shortcut.

Troubleshooting

UNICHAR is not available in Excel 2010 and earlier.
CSV files saved as plain "CSV" may lose accents. Save as "CSV UTF-8".
If accents show as question marks after import, set the file origin to 65001: Unicode (UTF-8) in the import wizard.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortcut for á on Excel?

=UNICHAR(225).

Can I just copy and paste á?

Yes. Click the copy button above, then paste with Ctrl+V on Windows and Chromebook, Cmd+V on a Mac, or touch and hold and choose Paste on a phone.

What is the Unicode code for á?

U+00E1. In HTML it is á.

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