How to Highlight Duplicates in Google Sheets

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Here's a step-by-step walkthrough on how to highlight duplicates in Google Sheets

1. Select the first cell you want to start tracking the duplicates on and right-click on it to open the options menu.

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2. In the options menu, click on "View more cell actions" at the bottom.

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3. From the expanded menu, select "Conditional formatting."

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4. In the sidebar, under the "Apply to range" field, enter the value ":A1000" next to "A2". You can replace "A" with the actual letter of the column of your selected cell.

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5. Then, select the dropdown menu under "Format rules".

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6. Scroll down the dropdown menu and select "Custom formula is".

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7. In the formula box, type this formula: =COUNTIF($B$2:$B$1000,A2)>0.

You can replace the letters and numbers according to the cells in your Google Sheet.

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8. Then, click the "Done" button.

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9. The duplicates are now highlighted.

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Congrats! You have successfully highlighted duplicates in Google Sheets!