Master Data Cleaning in Excel: 10 Essential Tricks for Beginners to Pros π§Ή
Struggling with messy data? Discover 10 powerful Excel techniques to clean and organize your data efficiently. Perfect for beginners and pros alike!

Chandoo
449.5K views β’ Apr 12, 2022

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Dirty data on your mind?
Just spray the amazing "data cleaner" on it.
In this video, learn how you can use 5 Excel features to clean data with 10 examples.
You will learn about:
1) Flash Fill
2) Text to Columns
3) Remove Duplicates
4) Formulas
5) Power Query
Video Topics β±π
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0:00 - Data Clean-up - the challenge
1:17 - Extracting the first name (Flash Fill)
2:10 - Get the city from location (Flash Fill)
3:12 - Get the city from location (Text to Columns)
4:20 - Splitting cost centre & ID number (Text to Columns)
5:35 - Duplicate Valvalues (Remove Duplicates)
6:33 - But there is a problem!!!
7:16 - Remove extra spaces from name (Formulas)
8:01 - Full time or Part time (Formulas)
8:49 - Power Query!!!
10:04 - Splitting Cost Centre & ID with Power Query
10:57 - Fixing inconsistent dates with Power Query
11:40 - Adding a Full / Part column with Power Query
12:30 - Bonus Example - Fixing or Removing incomplete data
13:50 - Loading Cleaned up data to Excel & Data Updates (Refresh)
Download the sample file π©
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Here is a blank data file. Use it to practice these data clean-up tasks:
https://chandoo.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/data-cleaning-in-excel.xlsx
Watch next π»π
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π§Ή10 Quick and Smart Data Cleaning Tricks - https://youtu.be/SNVjndgWBlw
π©βπ» Detailed Video on Power Query - https://youtu.be/PiFAa_jjaEI
πΆ Power Query Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFAa_jjaEI&list=PLmejDGrsgFyBqyHBq4jqdUzobCo5BDKY2
π€·ββοΈ How to _____ in Excel - Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RRGqR_MNw&list=PLmejDGrsgFyAYGXOFlJ-KsMr4e_XgKY-4
~
#Excel #powerquery
May your data be clean and your days be serene π
Just spray the amazing "data cleaner" on it.
In this video, learn how you can use 5 Excel features to clean data with 10 examples.
You will learn about:
1) Flash Fill
2) Text to Columns
3) Remove Duplicates
4) Formulas
5) Power Query
Video Topics β±π
===============
0:00 - Data Clean-up - the challenge
1:17 - Extracting the first name (Flash Fill)
2:10 - Get the city from location (Flash Fill)
3:12 - Get the city from location (Text to Columns)
4:20 - Splitting cost centre & ID number (Text to Columns)
5:35 - Duplicate Valvalues (Remove Duplicates)
6:33 - But there is a problem!!!
7:16 - Remove extra spaces from name (Formulas)
8:01 - Full time or Part time (Formulas)
8:49 - Power Query!!!
10:04 - Splitting Cost Centre & ID with Power Query
10:57 - Fixing inconsistent dates with Power Query
11:40 - Adding a Full / Part column with Power Query
12:30 - Bonus Example - Fixing or Removing incomplete data
13:50 - Loading Cleaned up data to Excel & Data Updates (Refresh)
Download the sample file π©
=======================
Here is a blank data file. Use it to practice these data clean-up tasks:
https://chandoo.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/data-cleaning-in-excel.xlsx
Watch next π»π
==============
π§Ή10 Quick and Smart Data Cleaning Tricks - https://youtu.be/SNVjndgWBlw
π©βπ» Detailed Video on Power Query - https://youtu.be/PiFAa_jjaEI
πΆ Power Query Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiFAa_jjaEI&list=PLmejDGrsgFyBqyHBq4jqdUzobCo5BDKY2
π€·ββοΈ How to _____ in Excel - Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2RRGqR_MNw&list=PLmejDGrsgFyAYGXOFlJ-KsMr4e_XgKY-4
~
#Excel #powerquery
May your data be clean and your days be serene π
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