The following part of the formula creates an array of strings where all the cell content in a row are combined (done the concatenation using the ampersand sign). This one works the same way as our first example (where we simply highlighted the cells in a column that had duplicates).īut since there is an entire row that we need to compare with all other rows, we have combined the content of all the rows and created a single string for each row. The above steps would highlight all the records that are repeated in the dataset (as shown below).
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How to Highlight Duplicate Values In Google Sheets With Duplicate Rows/Records This is really crucial, as it makes sure that the range remains the same while conditional formatting is checking for the count of the name in a cell. If there is a name that repeats in any of the columns, it will be highlighted in the specified format.Īgain, note that I have used the range $A$2:$C$10 (where there is a dollar sign before the column alphabet and the row number). The COUNTIF formula is kind of like the duplicate formula for Google Sheets. So each cell in the range is checked using the specified formula and returns either TRUE or FALSE. In the COUNTIF formula, we have covered all the cells in the three columns. This one also worked as the last one did for Google Sheets conditional formatting duplicates. The above steps would highlight the cell if the name appears more than once in all the three selected columns combined. In the options that show up, click on Conditional formatting.You can still use conditional formatting to highlight the duplicate names (which would be a name that occurs more than once in all the three columns combined.īelow are the steps to highlight duplicates in multiple columns: In the above example, we had all the names in a single column.īut what if the names are in multiple columns to perform conditional formatting for duplicates in Google Sheets(as shown below). How to Find Duplicates In Google Sheets – Highlight Cells in Multiple Columns To do this, select the cells that have the formatting applied, click on the Format option, click on Conditional Formatting, and delete the rule from the pane that opens on the right.
In case you want to remove the highlighted cells, you need to remove the conditional formatting. The above steps would highlight all the cells with duplicate names in the specified color. By default, it will use the green color, but you can specify other colors as well as styles such as bold or italics
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