Remove duplicate CSV rows

Remove repeated CSV rows or keep one row for each selected key value.

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ToolCSV Deduplicator
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How it works

Rows are parsed and keyed by the complete row or a chosen column. The first occurrence stays by default; keep-last replaces its earlier position before quote-aware serialization.

  • Whole-row matching avoids assuming a business identifier.
  • Keep-first preserves order; keep-last lets later corrections win.

Worked example

Remove exact duplicate rows from user data
Deduplicate a CSV with one fully repeated row ([email protected] appears twice)
Input
											email,name,plan
[email protected],Alice,pro
[email protected],Bob,free
[email protected],Charlie,pro
[email protected],Alice,pro
[email protected],Bob,enterprise
Output
												email,name,plan
[email protected],Alice,pro
[email protected],Bob,free
[email protected],Charlie,pro
[email protected],Bob,enterprise

When to use this

CRM cleanup removes repeats, event logs collapse duplicate IDs, and mailing lists keep one email record.

Edge cases

  • Same email with different names remains distinct under whole-row matching.
  • A delimiter inside quotes is part of the parsed key value.
  • Keep-last can move the surviving record to its later position.

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