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How to Find Duplicates in Excel & Highlight Duplicates
In this video I'll show you 4 ways on how to find duplicates in your Microsoft Excel data.
In this video I’ll show you 4 ways on how to find duplicates in your Microsoft Excel data. We’ll find solutions regardless if your data is in the same column, in separate columns and even if you need to find duplicates for a combination of cells. You’ll learn how to use conditional formatting to color duplicate values, how to look inside an entire row and compare one row with another and flag it is a duplicate. As a bonus you’ll learn how to use a dynamic formula to flag duplicate entries with an icon or returns just the duplicate entries.
In this Video
00:00 Find and Remove Duplicates in Excel
00:33 Find Duplicates in Columns
01:43 Find Duplicate Rows
03:09 Excel Formulas to Find Duplicates
06:37 Use Formulas to Return Duplicate Values
08:07 Wrap Up
Finding duplicates in Excel
Finding duplicates in Excel is a very common task, but it can be a tedious and time consuming process. Fortunately, Excel has several tools and functions that make finding and highlighting duplicates easy.
The most commonly used tool for finding duplicates in Excel is the COUNTIF function. This function allows you to count the number of cells that contain a certain value. For example, if you wanted to find the number of duplicates in a list of names, you could use the COUNTIF function to count the number of times each name appears in the list.
Another tool for finding duplicates in Excel is the Conditional Formatting feature. This feature allows you to apply formatting to cells that contain certain values. For example, you could use Conditional Formatting to highlight all cells that contain duplicate values.
Finally, you can also use the Find Duplicates command in Excel to quickly identify duplicates in a range of cells. The Find Duplicates command will identify all duplicate values in a range of cells and allow you to select which cells should be highlighted.
By using the COUNTIF function, Conditional Formatting, and the Find Duplicates command, you can quickly and easily find and highlight duplicates in Excel.
More links on about Office/Excel
Find and remove duplicates · Select the cells you want to check for duplicates. · Click Home > Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cells Rules > Duplicate Values.
Select the range A1:C10. Find Duplicates in Excel · 2. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting. Click Conditional Formatting
Feb 7, 2023 — The easiest way to detect duplicates in Excel is using the COUNTIF function. Depending on whether you want to find duplicate values with or ...