{"id":2650,"date":"2019-08-26T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T00:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brendapenman.com\/blog\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T22:50:52","slug":"excel-find-duplicates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendapenman.com\/blog\/excel-find-duplicates\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Duplicates in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.24&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>When you combine all of your data together in a single worksheet, you may want to verify that you do <strong>not<\/strong> have any duplicates.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you have combined lists of names and addresses, you want to ensure that the names are <strong>unique<\/strong> or only listed once.<\/p>\n<p>Or you have a list of invoices and you want to make sure there are <strong>no duplicates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Instead of manually looking through your data, use the <strong>Conditional<\/strong> <strong>Formatting<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Duplicate Values<\/strong>\u00a0feature to get Excel to find the duplicates for you. 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