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Asked: 2026-06-11T07:46:47+00:00

Let’s say that I’ve got a sheet – number one – with over 5000

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  1. Let’s say that I’ve got a sheet – number one – with over 5000 rows (say, columns ‘A‘ – ‘H‘ each).
  2. In another sheet – number two – I have a “to-remove-list” – a single column ‘A‘ with 400 values, each containing alphanumerical string (example: xxx1234).
  3. I have to remove every entire row from sheet number one, if column ‘E‘ contains any value from “to-remove-list” (from column ‘A‘ of sheet number two).
  4. By removing the entire row, I mean delete the row and move it up (not leaving the blankspace)

How do I achieve that? Any help would be much appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Given sheet 2:

    ColumnA
-------
apple
orange

    You can flag the rows in sheet 1 where a value exists in sheet 2:

    ColumnA  ColumnB
-------  --------------
pear     =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A1,Sheet2!A:A,1,FALSE)),"Keep","Delete")
apple    =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A2,Sheet2!A:A,1,FALSE)),"Keep","Delete")
cherry   =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A3,Sheet2!A:A,1,FALSE)),"Keep","Delete")
orange   =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A4,Sheet2!A:A,1,FALSE)),"Keep","Delete")
plum     =IF(ISERROR(VLOOKUP(A5,Sheet2!A:A,1,FALSE)),"Keep","Delete")

    The resulting data looks like this:

    ColumnA  ColumnB
-------  --------------
pear     Keep
apple    Delete
cherry   Keep
orange   Delete
plum     Keep

    You can then easily filter or sort sheet 1 and delete the rows flagged with ‘Delete’.

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