How to get the sheet name in Excel formula? - Excel Tips and Tricks Learn how to get the sheet name in Excel formula. To retrieve the sheet name in Excel using a formula, you can utilize the CELL function with "filename" as its argument, which returns the full path, filename, and sheet name. Then, to isolate only the sheet name, you can combine CELL with TEXTAFTER function to extract the sheet name. For instance, if the full path is in cell A1, you can use =TEXTAFTER(CELL("filename",A1),"]") to