How to remove duplicate rows from table in Word document?

In Word document, there may be some tables with duplicate rows which you want to remove and keep the first appearance one sometimes. In this case, you can choose to remove the duplicate ones one by one manually, also you can choose to use the VBA code.

Remove duplicate rows from table in Word

Remove duplicate rows from table in Word

1. Place the cursor at the table you want to remove the duplicate rows from, press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module to create a new Module.
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3. Copy below codes and paste them to the new Module script.

VBA: Remove duplicate rows from table in Word

Public Sub DeleteDuplicateRows2()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20181011
    Dim xTable As Table
    Dim xRow As Range
    Dim xStr As String
    Dim xDic As Object
    Dim I, J, KK, xNum As Long
    If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count = 0 Then
        MsgBox "This document does not have table(s).", vbInformation, "Kutools for Word"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set xDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
    If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
        Set xTable = Selection.Tables(1)
        For I = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            Set xRow = xTable.Rows(I).Range
            xStr = xRow.Text
            xNum = -1
            If xDic.Exists(xStr) Then
'                xTable.Rows(I).Delete
                For J = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                    If (xStr = xTable.Rows(J).Range.Text) And (J <> I) Then
                        xNum = xNum + 1
                        xTable.Rows(J).Delete
                    End If
                Next
                I = I - xNum
            Else
                xDic.Add xStr, I
            End If
        Next
    Else
        For I = 1 To ActiveDocument.Tables.Count
            Set xTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(I)
            xNum = -1
            xDic.RemoveAll
            For J = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                Set xRow = xTable.Rows(J).Range
                xStr = xRow.Text
                xNum = -1
                If xDic.Exists(xStr) Then
    '                xTable.Rows(I).Delete
                    For KK = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                        If (xStr = xTable.Rows(KK).Range.Text) And (KK <> J) Then
                            xNum = xNum + 1
                            xTable.Rows(KK).Delete
                        End If
                    Next
                    J = J - xNum
                Else
                    xDic.Add xStr, J
                End If
            Next
        Next
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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4. Press F5 key to run the code, then all duplicate rows will be removed.
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Note: Above code is case sensitive, if you want to remove duplicate rows in case insensitive, you can use below code:

Public Sub DeleteDuplicateRows2()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20181011
    Dim xTable As Table
    Dim xRow As Range
    Dim xStr As String
    Dim xDic As Object
    Dim I, J, KK, xNum As Long
    If ActiveDocument.Tables.Count = 0 Then
        MsgBox "This document does not have table(s).", vbInformation, "Kutools for Word"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set xDic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
    If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) Then
        Set xTable = Selection.Tables(1)
        For I = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
            Set xRow = xTable.Rows(I).Range
            xStr = UCase(xRow.Text)
            xNum = -1
            If xDic.Exists(xStr) Then
'                xTable.Rows(I).Delete
                For J = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                    If (xStr = xTable.Rows(J).Range.Text) And (J <> I) Then
                        xNum = xNum + 1
                        xTable.Rows(J).Delete
                    End If
                Next
                I = I - xNum
            Else
                xDic.Add xStr, I
            End If
        Next
    Else
        For I = 1 To ActiveDocument.Tables.Count
            Set xTable = ActiveDocument.Tables(I)
            xNum = -1
            xDic.RemoveAll
            For J = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                Set xRow = xTable.Rows(J).Range
                xStr = UCase(xRow.Text)
                xNum = -1
                If xDic.Exists(xStr) Then
    '                xTable.Rows(I).Delete
                    For KK = xTable.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
                        If (xStr = xTable.Rows(KK).Range.Text) And (KK <> J) Then
                            xNum = xNum + 1
                            xTable.Rows(KK).Delete
                        End If
                    Next
                    J = J - xNum
                Else
                    xDic.Add xStr, J
                End If
            Next
        Next
    End If
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

If you want to remove duplicate rows in all tables of the document, place the cursor in any place of document outside the table, then apply one of above codes.

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