Why Excel's Built-in "Remove Duplicates" Isn't Enough? (3 Better Solutions)

5 major limitations of Excel's built-in deduplication feature: no cross-sheet support, no retention rules, no fuzzy matching, no duplicate details, crashes on big data. Provides three more stable solutions: SheetCleaner, Power Query, and Excel 365 formulas.

August 18, 2025

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