Filtering for unique values and removing duplicate values are two closely related tasks because the displayed results are the same — a list of unique values. The difference, however, is important. When you filter for unique values, you temporarily hide duplicate values, but when you remove duplicate values, you permanently delete duplicate values.
A duplicate value is one where all values in the row are an exact match of all values in another row. Duplicate values are determined by the value displayed in the cell and not necessarily the value stored in the cell. For example, if you have the same date value in different cells, one formatted as '12/8/2017' and the other as 'Dec 8, 2017', the values are unique. It's a good idea to filter for or conditionally format unique values first to confirm that the results are what you want before removing duplicate values.
Filter the range of cells or table in place. Select the range of cells, and then click Filter the list, in-place. Copy the results of the filter to another location. Select the range of cells, click Copy to another location, and then in the Copy to box, enter a cell reference. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 tutorial: Sort and filter lists 10 Click the arrow next to May, select the 05 check box, and then click X to close the Filter panel. Notice that the list is filtered to show only the transactions that occurred on May 05, and that the row numbers.
Note: If the formula in the cells is different, but the values are the same, they are considered duplicates. For example, if cell A1 contains the formula =2-1 and cell A2 contains the formula =3-2, as long as the value is formatted the same, they are considered to be duplicate values.
If the same value is formatted using different number formats, they are not considered duplicates. For example, if the value in cell A1 is formatted as 1.00 and the value in cell A2 is formatted as 1, they are not considered duplicates. You can create a rule to color code unique or duplicate data in your sheet. This is especially helpful when your data includes multiple sets of duplicate values.
Select one or more cells in a range, table, or PivotTable report. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click Conditional Formatting, and then click New Rule. In the Style list, choose Classic, and then in the Format only top or bottom ranked values list, choose Format only unique or duplicate values. In the values in the selected range list, choose either unique or duplicate.
In the Format with list, select an option for how you want the unique or duplicate values to be formatted. Filter for unique values. Select the range of cells, or make sure that the active cell is in a table. On the Data tab, under Sort & Filter, click the arrow next to Filter, and then click Advanced Filter. Do one of the following: To Do this Filter the range of cells or table in place Select the range of cells, and then click Filter the list, in-place.
Copy the results of the filter to another location Select the range of cells, click Copy to another location, and then in the Copy to box, enter a cell reference. Note: You cannot remove duplicate values from data that is outlined or that has subtotals. To remove duplicates, you must remove both the outline and the subtotals first. Select the range of cells, or make sure that the active cell is in a table. On the Data tab, under Tools, click Remove Duplicates.
Select one or more of the check boxes, which refer to columns in the table, and then click Remove Duplicates. Excel displays either a message indicating how many duplicate values were removed and how many unique values remain, or a message indicating that no duplicate values were removed. You can create a rule to color code unique or duplicate data in your sheet. This is especially helpful when your data includes multiple sets of duplicate values. Select one or more cells in a range, table, or PivotTable report. On the Home tab, under Format, click the arrow next to Conditional Formatting, and then click New Rule. On the Style pop-up menu, click Classic, and then on the Format only top or bottom ranked values pop-up menu, click Format only unique or duplicate values.
On the values in the selected range pop-up menu, click either unique or duplicate. On the Format with pop-up menu, select an option for how you want the unique or duplicate values to be formatted.
In Excel 2010: 2. Then a Document Inspector dialog box will appear, click Inspect button, and the hidden rows and columns in the whole workbook have been inspected, click Remove All button, see screenshot: 3. And then click Close button to close the dialog.
And all of the hidden rows and columns in the workbook will be removed. If there are formulas to manipulate the data in your workbook and the formulas call for data from hidden rows and columns, then deleting that information will cause incorrect result.
With this function, you can delete all of the hidden rows and columns in the whole workbook. Delete all hidden rows and columns in active worksheet with VBA code If you just want to remove the hidden rows or columns in a worksheet, the following VBA code can help you. Please do as follows: 1. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window. Click Insert Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window. VBA code: Delete all hidden rows and columns of active worksheet: Sub deletehidden For lp = 256 To 1 Step -1 If Columns(lp).EntireColumn.Hidden = True Then Columns(lp).EntireColumn.Delete Else Next For lp = 65536 To 1 Step -1 If Rows(lp).EntireRow.Hidden = True Then Rows(lp).EntireRow.Delete Else Next End Sub 2. Then press F5 key to execute the code.
And all the hidden rows and columns have been deleted in the active worksheet. Note: If there are formulas to manipulate the data in your workbook and the formulas call for data from hidden rows and columns, then deleting that information will cause incorrect result. Delete all hidden rows or columns in a selection / worksheet / whole workbook with Kutools for Excel With the Delete Hidden (Visible) Rows & Columns utility of Kutools for Excel, you can quickly remove the hidden rows or columns in selected range, in active worksheet, in selected worksheets and in all worksheets.: with more than 300 handy Excel add-ins, free to try with no limitation in 60 days. If you have installed Kutools for Excel, please do as this: 1. Click Kutools Delete Delete Hidden (Visible) Rows & Columns, see screenshot: 2.
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In the Delete Hidden (Visible) Rows & Columns dialog box, specify the scope that you want to apply the operation from Look in drop down list. (If you choose In Selected Range, you must select a range that you want to use first.) And then check Rows or Columns under Delete type.
And select Hidden rows from Detailed type. Then click Ok, the hidden rows have been deleted from the selected range, see screenshot: To know more about this feature, please visit the function. Demo: Delete all hidden rows or columns in a selection / worksheet / whole workbook with Kutools for Excel.
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