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NOT function in Google Sheets

Returns the opposite of a logical value - `NOT(TRUE)` returns `FALSE`; `NOT(FALSE)` returns `TRUE`.

=NOT(logical_expression)

NOT syntax and parameters

One argument, one required.

  • logical_expressionbooleanRequired

    An expression or reference to a cell holding an expression that represents some logical value, i.e. TRUE or FALSE.

NOT examples

Formulas you'll actually reuse.

  1. TRUE when a ship date has been filled in:

    =NOT(ISBLANK(E2))

    ResultTRUE

  2. Amount for every region except West, zero otherwise:

    =IF(NOT(A2 = "West"), D2, 0)

    Result0

NOT in Excel

Same name — your formula ports as-is.

Try NOT in the playground

Edit the example — nothing to install.

Preloaded with the NOT formula from Example 1 — change anything and watch it respond.

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