Managing data effectively in Excel is crucial, especially when duplicates sneak in and mess with your analysis. Traditionally, you'd have to merge files, set up conditional formatting, customize rules, and then manually hunt down and remove those duplicates. Sounds not that hard when I conclude them into steps, but if you've ever tried it, you know it can quickly turn into a time-consuming headache.

However, with AI, things change completely. Instead of going through the tedious manual process, AI can swiftly scan, identify, and remove duplicates in seconds. No more fiddling with formatting rules or wasting time on repetitive tasks. AI tools not only streamline the cleanup but also ensure greater accuracy, leaving your data polished and ready for analysis. It's like having a smart assistant that handles the heavy lifting, so you can focus on what really matters—making insights from your data.

Curious how? Let's dive into that in this post.

Step 1: Choose a handy AI tool

First and foremost, we need to pick the right AI tool to get the job done. In this case, we'll be using Powerdrill — your AI-powered Excel assistant — to show you how it's done.

Then, sign in to Powerdrill. On the homepage, find the Data Cleaner AI tool, click Deduplicate data.

Step 2. Upload Excel files

Next, let's upload files. 

Here’s a summary of the two files I uploaded. 

file1.xlsx: contains 20 rows of data, follows the schema: ID, Name, Age, Country. 15 of the rows are unique, and 5 rows are duplicates of existing ones within this file.

file2.xlsx: also contains 20 rows of data. All 20 rows are unique within this file. 3 rows are duplicated from the first file (file1.xlsx), while the remaining 17 are completely new.

Let's take a quick look at them.

Content in file1.xlsx:

Content in file2.xlsx:

These example files are kept simple and small for clarity, but feel free to experiment with larger and more complex ones.

Step 3. Run it!

Click Run, then sit back and enjoy a coffee break.

In just a few seconds, your cleaned files will be ready for download!

Here's the file generated after deduplication:

The two files have been merged and deduplicated—what a time-saver!

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