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How to search in Google Sheets

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Summary

Searching in Google Sheets is essential for quickly locating specific information within large datasets, improving efficiency, and reducing errors. By leveraging search tools, you can streamline data management and ensure more accurate analysis and decision-making.

If you’re looking to locate specific data efficiently, knowing how to search in Google Sheets can save you time and effort. Google Sheets provides robust search functionalities that are simple to use.

To perform a basic search, press Ctrl + F (or Command + F on Mac) and type the keyword or phrase you’re looking for. This highlights all matching entries in the sheet.

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For advanced searches, you can use the “Find and Replace” tool. Access it by navigating to Edit > Find and Replace or pressing Ctrl + H (Windows) / Command + Shift + H (Mac). This feature allows you to search across the entire spreadsheet or specific ranges, match cases, search using regular expressions, or replace values.

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