For the Remove Duplicates tool, even though 5 and 5.00 and $5 all have the same numerical value, they are still unique (not duplicate) values because they are formatted differently.

You can remove duplicates in Excel in a few steps; duplicates can create problems when you're dealing with data. Excel provides an easy tool that removes duplicate values for you, but it can only ...

Excel simply doesn’t have good tools for finding them. That’s where Duplicate Remover for Excel ($30, 15-day free trial), an add-in from AbleBits, makes its name.