Sunday, March 13, 2011

How to remove duplicates

Lets start with the original data which contains the duplicate values. Similar to one shown below




















First select the entire data including the header row.





















Now go to the Remove Duplicate command which is available on the Data tab of the ribbon











Select the column header from which you want to remove the duplicates, then click ok.













That is it, the duplicates have been removed. You will be shown a message showing how many duplicates have been removed and how many unique values remain.