Google Sheets is a popular spreadsheet application that is a part of free, web-enabled software that works on various devices as a part of Google Drive.
Google Sheets helps the user manage several documents and data on a single spreadsheet program. It is used to deal with large data for analysis, storage and reporting, etc. on particular spreadsheets. Sometimes, users repeat data while entering, and thus this creates issues while managing or reporting it. In this case, it becomes a complex task to find repetition. There is a solution to this issue and to get rid of it. You can remove or locate the repeats on Google Sheets easily.
Here is how to manage, locate, and remove repeated data on your Google Spreadsheet program by following these available steps:
Searching for Duplicates in Google Sheets
Fortunately, it is good that users have the option to search for the repetitions or repeated data on their respective documents. They don’t need to search one by one in the Spreadsheet. It has a built-in automatic feature to locate the repeated data. There are various ways to find and remove the repeated data, and one can choose the desired one accordingly.
Using “Find in Sheet” Feature
It’s one of the simplest methods to locate these repeats in the document.
- At the start, hit the Ctrl and “F” key altogether on the keyboard.
- After a while, a mini search panel will launch at the top right-hand side edge. It is the “Find in Sheets” feature. You have to enter the word or number that you want to search. Press the Enter key there.
- The results will be highlighted in bold, and you will be able to view the entire repetitions in your document related to your search entry. Now, you may easily go to the specific page and choose the data that you wish to delete. In order to delete them from your entire document, then you will require removing them manually.
- If you want to replace the searched duplicates or repeats, then hit the menu tab located at the search bar located in the “Find in Sheet” prompt screen. Then, type the data that you wish to replace your repeated contents with.
Removing Duplicates by Using Built-in Remove Duplicates Tool
There is another built-in feature “Remove Duplicates”, and it enables the users to easily and swiftly remove all the data found as repeated by identifying it over Spreadsheet. To remove the duplicates via the “Remove Duplicates” feature, pursue these guidelines:
- First and foremost, launch the Google Spreadsheet program on your device.
- Then, choose the particular cell that contains the actual word or number.
- After that, hit the Data option located inside the taskbar at the uppermost section of your screen.
- Scroll the page in a downward direction to locate the Remove Duplicate tool and then tap on the relevant option.
- A prompt menu will appear on your device’s screen, and you have to select the option that you want to analyze. You may select all columns if you wish to analyze the entire Spreadsheet.
- Then, tap on the Remove Duplicates tab to process your action.
- Once you have completely deleted all the repeats, then Google Spreadsheets will inform and notify you about the number of repeats that occurred in your whole document and also the total number of unique rows available there.
Locating Repeats in Spreadsheets by using Formulas
There are two Excel formulas used in the Spreadsheets program to locate the number of duplicate data and also to remove the same.
- UNIQUE: This formula examines the entire spreadsheet program and then removes all the duplicate rows from your device. The process is very straightforward to use. You have to type “UNIQUE” followed by the range that you wish to check for duplicates.
For example UNIQUE (A1: O11)
- Once you enter the formula, a new table will appear at the right-hand side section containing the results having the original details by removing duplicates.
- COUNTIF: It can be used to view the duplicates before deciding what to be removed after this point.
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