{"id":9195,"date":"2019-11-27T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=9195"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:22:24","slug":"how-to-highlight-unique-values-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/how-to-highlight-unique-values-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally when we have dirty data, we tend to get a lot of duplicates. If you want to spot the ones with <strong>unique values<\/strong> and highlight them, it is very easy to do in Excel\u00a0for your data cleanup!<\/p>\n<p>Here is our sample list of words, there are some duplicates and we only want to highlight the unique ones:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" width=\"538\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jkkjhhTgUeQ?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Select your list of words \/ data:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" width=\"538\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-1-300x122.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Go to <strong>Home &gt; Conditional Formatting &gt; Highlight Cells Rules &gt;\u00a0Duplicate Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" width=\"1135\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2-1024x383.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-2-768x287.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Make sure to select\u00a0<strong>Unique<\/strong> so that the unique values will only be highlighted. You can select the formatting that you want. For our example, we selected <strong>Green Fill with Dark Green Text.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" width=\"369\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-3.jpg 369w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-3-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Excel is smart enough to highlight <strong>all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/find-unique-values-in-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\">unique values<\/a><\/strong> for you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-4.jpg\" alt=\"How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel\" width=\"541\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-4.jpg 541w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/How-to-Highlight-Unique-Values-4-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>How to Highlight Unique Values in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5924 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/530x300-Pivot.jpg\" width=\"530\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/530x300-Pivot.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/530x300-Pivot-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally when we have dirty data, we tend to get a lot of duplicates. If you want to spot the ones with unique values and highlight them, it is very easy to do in Excel\u00a0for your data cleanup! Here is our sample list of words, there are some duplicates and we only want to highlight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[6,35,7,10],"tags":[98,249,468],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}