Taking dashes out of SSN

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I have a long list of SSNs that I need to take the dashes and prefix of the cell. Here is an example:

What I have: 20/123-456-789
What I want: 123456789

I have over 1500 SSNs so by hand is the last option. Any suggestions?
 

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DO you want them fixed-in-place (vba), or the return in another column via formula?
what is "20/"?
Is"20/" (irrespective of being 20/, 21/, etc) always going to be 3 char's to strip off the front?
 
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Does this work for you?
=RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""),9)

Assuming all of your data looks like your sample data, and your data is in Cell A1...
 
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To GTO: I would like to return the value in another column via formula if possible. The "20/" is a prefix that my organization uses to group SSN by families. This will be stripped off as well.

To pagrender: I will try that now.

Thanks to both of you for the quick reply
 
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