Delete all cells NOT containing specific data within a column selection

MikeJHHT

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Office Version
  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Columns D to H have a variety of of cell data
I only want to keep cells in those columns that contain FH
The remaining cells in those columns can be blank.
Is this possible?
Bin Numbers
B13-6A(6)FH-6D-01-03(2)FH-6D-04-03(8)R7-1-B2(6)SP-SP-18(3)
B13-6A(2)FH-6D-02-03(2)SP-SP-36(1)
B7-1C(14)FH-1E-04-02(8)FH-CG-01(4)R7-2-B2(60)SP-HV-2F(7)
B14-5A(7)FH-2F-06-01(5)
B14-5B(14)FH-1C-03-02(10)
B13-7A(36)FH-1C-04-01(14)SP-SP-05(16)
B6-1C(21)FH-2D-01-04(1)
B15-6A(5)FH-1H-05-02(3)SP-SP-12(8)
B15-6A(4)FH-1H-03-03(2)
B15-6A(7)FH-4C-02-02(6)SP-SP-37(12)
B15-2A(9)FH-LSE-03-01(40)FH-LSE-03-03(88)FH-LSE-04-02(36)FH-LSE-04-03(87)
B13-3A(21)FH-6B-04-03(44)FH-LSE-04-01(13)R9-5-D1(44)R9-5-D2(44)
B13-1A(196)FH-1C-01-02(194)Freight Line(2304)Mezz(2478)SP-S-07(1840)
B18-14-A1(94)FH-LSF-02(184)SP-LSB-09(68)
B18-11-A1(84)FH-LSW-08(54)SP-LSF-08(217)
FH-LSF-03(76)SP-LSF-09(98)
B18-9-A1(19)FH-LSW-07(44)SP-LSB-05(50)
B18-1-A1(96)FH-LSW-03(54)Line Sets(149)SP-LSF-15(29)
FH-LSE-01-01(3)Line Sets(1)
B14-1A(360)FH-1D-01-01(166)FH-5A-03-03(284)Freight Line(292)SP-SP-42(400)
B14-1A(379)FH-1C-01-01(333)FH-6A-01-01(289)Freight Line(2730)SP-SP-39(717)
FH-2E-01-02(1)R3-2-A1(5)SP-SP-48(2)
B17-3A(11)FH-1E-01-01(2)FH-5B-04-01(1)FH-5B-04-03(10)FH-5C-04-01(12)
FH-4D-02-02(4)R3-1-A2(4)SP-SP-57(5)
B14-2A(55)FH-1E-01-01(17)FH-6C-02-04(37)SP-SP-10(27)
B14-2A(58)FH-2E-03-04(26)Mezz(91)R3-2-C2(20)SP-SP-18(30)
B14-3A(49)FH-1F-05-01(23)FH-1H-02-01(8)FH-1H-06-03(67)SP-SP-07(14)
FH-CG-05(8)SP-HV-4C(4)SV-CG-01(28)
 

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Will the FH always be the 1st 2 characters?
 
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Like this

VBA Code:
Sub jec()
 With Range("D1", Cells(Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 5)
   .Value = Evaluate(Replace("if(countifs(@@,@@,@@,""*FH*"")>0,@@,"""")", "@@", .Address))
 End With
End Sub

or

VBA Code:
Sub jecx()
Range("D1", Cells(Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 5).Name = "ar"
[ar] = [if(countifs(ar,ar,ar,"*FH*"),ar,"")]
End Sub
 
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If it is always the 1st 2 characters then try
VBA Code:
With Range("D2:H" & Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
   .Value = Evaluate(Replace("If(left(@,2)=""FH"",@,"""")", "@", .Address))
End With
 
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That worked, ok follow up question,
what would i add to that code if i wanted to exend the columns, go past H, would i change the 4?
 
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In my version you could resize more:
Range("D1", Cells(Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 8).Name = "ar"

Fluff's version:
Range("D2:L" & Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
 
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With the code I supplied, just change the H to whatever your last column should be.
 
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