Prevent Duplicate Entries in Excel (2 Simple Ways)

If you are doing data entry in Excel and wondering how to stop Excel from allowing you to enter duplicate entries, this video will give you the answer. In this video, I will show you two simple methods to prevent duplicate entries in Excel. 00:00 Intro 00:16 Prevent Duplicate Entries Using Data Validation 04:38 Prevent Duplicate Entries Using Conditional Formatting While the Data Validation method would stop you from entering duplicate values in a column, the Conditional Formatting method would visually highlight and show you whenever you enter a value that is already present in the column. Read the article - https://trumpexcel.com/prevent-duplicate-entries-excel/ ☕ If you find my Excel videos useful and would like to support me, you can buy me a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SumitB ✅ Free Excel Course (Basic to Advanced) - https://trumpexcel.com/learn-excel/ ✅ Free Dashboard Course - https://bit.ly/free-excel-dashboard-course ✅ Free VBA course - https://bit.ly/excel-vba-course ✅ Free Power Query Course - https://bit.ly/power-query-course ✅ Best Excel Books: https://trumpexcel.com/best-excel-books/ Subscribe to get awesome Excel Tips every week: https://www.youtube.com/user/trumpexcel?sub_confirmation=1 #Excel #ExcelTips #ExcelTutorial