Data Cleaning in Excel 101, Part 6: How to Remove Duplicates
In this part of our data cleaning series, we’ll help you find and remove duplicate entries in Excel. Repeats are a very common data entry mistake or error from a data pull. Duplicates in your data can create a variety of unfortunate consequences in administrative duties and analysis. Worst of all, they lead to a real misrepresentation of your results.This is Part 6 in our Data Cleaning in Excel 101 series. Part 1 showed methods of removing blank rows from your data. Part 2 focuses on splitting data from one cell to multiple cells. Part 3 covers the opposite: combining data from multiple columns into one column. In Part 4, we discussed some incredibly useful and time-saving tricks with Excel’s “Flash Fill” function. Part 5 covers solutions for when your...