In Microsoft Office Excel you have several ways to filter for unique values or find and remove duplicates in Excel.
Now, you will learn how to find & remove duplicate values in excel.
- Use the Remove Duplicates command in the Data Tools group on the Data
- To filter for unique values, use the Advanced Filter command in the Sort & Filter group on the Data
- To highlight unique or duplicate values, use the Conditional Formatting command in the Style group on the Home
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How to Find and Remove Duplicates Step-by-Step
Step 1: First, click any single cell inside the data set.
Step 2: On the Data tab, click Remove Duplicates.
Step 3: The following dialog box appears. Click On all checkboxes and click OK.
To remove rows with the same values in certain columns in excel, execute the following steps:
Step 4: For example, remove rows with the same Airport Name. Select any single cell inside the data set.
Step 5: Check Airport Name and click OK.
How to do Advanced Filter in Excel Step-by-Step
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- Step 1: Select the range of cells or select the column.
- Step 2: On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click Advanced.
- Step 3: In the Advanced Filter dialog box, do one of the following:
- Step 4: Click Copy to another location.
- Step 5: In the Copy to box, enter a cell reference.
- Step 6: Select the Unique records only check box, and click OK.
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How to do Conditional Formatting in Excel Step-by-Step
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Steps to find duplicate value using condition formatting in Excel
Step 1: Select the range of cells you wish to test.
Step 2: On the Home tab, click Conditional Formatting, Highlight Cells Rules, and Duplicate Values.
Step 3: Select a formatting style and click OK.
Step 4: Excel highlights the duplicate names.
Since you can see, Excel highlights duplicates, triplicates, etc.
Execute the following steps to highlight triplicates only.
Step 5: First, clear the previous conditional formatting rule.
Step 6: Select the range of cells you wish to test.
Step 7: Select “Use a formula to determine which cells to format”.
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Step 8: Enter the formula “=COUNTIF(A:A,A5)=3”.
Step 9: Select a formatting style and click OK.
Step 10: Excel highlights the triplicate names.
Now, after completing the process, you can check for duplicate values in another sheet. Although, you can see no duplicate values and all same value got permanently delete.
Conclusion
How to Remove duplicates in Excel
In Excel, there are several ways to filter for unique values—or remove duplicate values:
- Select the cells you want to check for duplicates.
- Click Home > Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules > Duplicate Values.
- In the box next to values with, pick the formatting you want to apply to the duplicate values, and then click OK.
This is how we successfully complete on how to remove duplicates in Excel with these simple steps
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