Choice Eliminator Lite vs Power Tools

Choice Eliminator is designed for light use only, and may be unreliable when multiple people are taking the form at the same time. Use Dropdown type of questions instead of multiple choice for better reliability. Choice Eliminator will eliminate options from a multiple-choice, dropdown, or checkbox type of question. Great for signing up for time slots or having students choose topics without doubling up.

This must-have add-on simplifies data management with 40+ tools for cleaning, analyzing, transforming, and automating tasks directly in your Google spreadsheets ⚡ Among its add-ons you'll find those that remove duplicates, compare and vlookup sheets, import ranges from multiple sheets, merge cells, find and replace data, sum and count colored cells, generate numbers and other records. Text toolkit utilities are also included and let you change case, add and remove strings and characters, trim whitespaces, and split text to columns. All the tools are divided into 10 different groups based on their main purpose: 1️⃣ Smart toolbar offers some one-click actions. The main ones are: - Advanced Find and Replace. Search in values, formatting, formulas, links, errors, notes - Sum and Count colored cells (other functions included) - Sort rows by font or fill colors - Change text case. Capitalize first or all letters, apply sentence and lowercase, toggle text - Sheets Manager. Handle multiple sheets in one go: (un)hide, (un)protect, copy, move, change color, reorder, delete. Other toolbar instruments let you: - Remove empty rows and columns - Flip data - (Un)freeze top rows and left columns - Unpivot tables - Unmerge all or selected cells - Auto calculate all numbers 2️⃣ Dedupe and Compare data: - Find and remove duplicates in any combination of columns in your sheet - Compare two columns to find duplicates - Compare sheets against the main one for dupe or unique rows - Compare sheets cell by cell for differences - Highlight duplicates or uniques, copy or move them to another location - Identify dupes in a status column - Combine duplicate rows and merge unique data referring to the same record 3️⃣ Merge and Combine sheets: - Merge cells in rows, columns, or the entire range and keep all records - Merge multiple Google sheets by key columns: vlookup data from other table considering text case and ignoring blanks - Combine duplicate rows and merge unique data referring to the same record - Combine data from multiple sheets into one based on column headers - Consolidate data from several sheets into one summary report 4️⃣ Work with text: - Capitalize each word or cell, change case to uppercase or lowercase, toggle and polish text - Manage multiple substrings at the same time: remove, replace, extract, add - Add text by position: 1. At the beginning or at the end of the selected cells 2. Before or after certain text 3. At any other position you need - Remove unwanted data: 1. Get rid of any characters or strings in the range 2. Remove line breaks, commas, and any characters or strings in the range 3. Remove characters by position, or when they follow or precede certain text 4. Delete leading and trailing spaces 5. Reduce spaces between words to one 6. Remove HTML entities and tags, non-printing characters, and delimiters - Split cells in different ways: 1. By any characters 2. By capital letters 3. By strings 4. By position 5. Separate names by name units - Extract text from different positions: 1. Before/after/between certain text 2. From the beginning / the end / or the exact position 3. Extract numbers, links, email addresses - Replace accented characters with regular, smart quotes with straight ones, turn codes to symbols and back 5️⃣ Process data with one-step tools: - Filter multiple columns by multiple criteria & extract multiple matches - Sum and count cells by their color - Sort whole rows or only the selected range by the fill/font colors - Find and replace in values, formatting, formulas, links, errors, notes - Handle several Google sheets in one go with ease - Fill empty cells with values from adjacent cells and autofill formulas 6️⃣ Split toolset: - Separate values by any character or strings - Split text by position - Separate first and last name in Google Sheets, extract titles and other name parts into individual columns - Split one table into multiple sheets by common columns or N rows - Split 'Date time' cells into cells with the date and time units 7️⃣ Randomize: - Shuffle values in rows, columns, or the entire range - Generate random numbers, dates, booleans, custom lists, or strings 8️⃣ Try out the formula tools: - Toggle between relative and absolute cell references - Convert formulas to values - Autosum columns and automatically add other functions to all selected columns - Add new calculations to all Google Sheets formulas at once 9️⃣ Clear contents in Google Sheets by type with these data cleanup tools: - Erase any combination of data types from the selected range: formatting, numbers, dates, booleans, notes, text, formulas, hyperlinks, or validation - Delete all empty or unused rows and columns - Remove blanks & shift data up or left 🔟 Convert data format: - Convert text-formatted numbers and dates to numeric and date format - Change number sign - Export Google Sheets range to JSON or XML - Convert Japanese chars between Hiragana and Katakana systems Power Tools keeps the history of the recent operations at hand so you could quickly re-apply actions to a different range. You can also favor the most frequent features to have access to them at any time. Or save and share the entire sets of options to find duplicates or merge two tables in a click. 30 DAYS OF FREE USE Fully functional 30-day trial period. All payments are secure and include an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee. If you have any questions about the add-on, please post them here: https://www.ablebits.com/docs/google-sheets-power-tools/ We'll be happy to assist! PowerTools is a proud member of the Ablebits product family. We build add-ons that help you make the most of Google Workspace. Visit our official website to learn more: https://www.ablebits.com/google-sheets-add-ons/index.php ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WHAT'S NEW: 🎉🎉 V1.19 (2026-Jan-16) 🎉🎉 V8 Upgrade: the add-on is rebuilt for Google's mandatory V8 standard. ❗Auto-start is no longer available due to V8 security restrictions. ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Combine Sheets: 1. Choose whether to keep the original formulas or use their results when combining sheets. 2. Sort the result by one or multiple columns at once. Learn more in this tutorial. 3. New place for your resulting files: browse your Drive and pick a certain folder. - Clear: a new section 'Remove hidden rows & columns'! - Filter & Extract Data: you can now paste the results into any spreadsheet. - Split Sheet: live updates are now available for splitting by rows! - Scenarios in Combine Sheets, Consolidate Sheets, Split Sheet: save the settings you use most often to run instantly next time. - Export/import scenarios to share with your team or save backups to your Drive. IMPROVED - Convert: added support for the international ISO 8601 date format. - Advanced Find and Replace: find blank cells to clean up empty rows. WHAT'S NEW: 🎉🎉 V1.18 (2024-Nov-12) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Advanced Find and Replace: meet the brand-new version with lots of new search & replace possibilities! Find and replace multiple values and formatting, search by regex & fuzzy chars, and more! - Combine Sheets: 1. Selecting columns to combine. 2. Optionally have sheet names in a new column to the right of your result table so you always have an idea where that data came from. - Remove Duplicate Rows: option to remove the first duplicate rather than the last one. In other words, keep the last occurrence intact. - Share saved scenarios in Merge Sheets, Remove Duplicate Rows, Combine Duplicate Rows and Compare Sheets for Duplicates. Export and import your saved scenarios to share them with your teammates or just to make their backups on your Drive. - Split Sheet: one more way to split data – with a formula! Have the add-on build formulas for each split sheet so the result constantly auto-updates. The formulas are always connected to your original table. Hence, all source changes, all new cells, rows and columns will appear in the split tables automatically. IMPROVED - Multiple Vlookup Matches rebranding. Now it's called Filter and Extract Data. - Combine Sheets: 1. Pulls notes associated with cells to the result as well. 2. When combining as values, the result will inherit some formatting of the original cells: vertical alignment, column width, row height, wrapping, and data validation. - Function by Color: 1. Added 'Refresh results' button next to 'Insert formula' so it's always at hand. 2. Turbocharged all custom functions so you can now get the results faster. - Clear: we reorganized the options so all related ones are grouped based on the tasks they tackle: Clear cells, Remove empty rows & columns, Remove blanks & shift data. - Convert: now converts even more different types of values to date and time values. - You can now explore more Ablebits add-ons from the corresponding Extensions menu. - Minor UX and UI improvements. 🎉🎉 V1.17 (2023-Aug-17) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Compare multiple sheets for duplicates. We enhanced our long-existing 'Compare two sheets' so it could compare multiple sheets at a time. - Compare Columns. A one-step tool for when you need to compare just 2 columns on one sheet. - Substring Batch Toolkit. Manipulate multiple substrings at once: add, remove, extract, replace. - Sheets Manager: copy or move the same sheet(s) to multiple existing spreadsheets at once. - Clear: delete empty cells and shift data up or left. IMPROVED - Sort by Color: can now skip empty cells so only cells with values are sorted. - Random Generator: generate only unique strings using the corresponding setting in the related group. - UX and UI improvements. 🎉🎉 V1.16 (2023-Mar-16) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Compare Sheets Cell by Cell. Compare cells in each row between multiple Google sheets for differences. - Sort by Color. Sort the selected sheet or the whole sheet by fill or font colors. - Function by Color: calculate by all fill/font colors in the selected range. - Merge Sheets: insert additional matching rows. If there are several matching rows for the same key value, the add-on will not only update the first record but also add those extra matching rows right afterward or at the end of the entire table. - Split Sheet: a new way to split – by the required number of rows. 🎉🎉 V1.15 (2022-Mar-11) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Fill Blank Cells. Replace empty cells in your selection with records from nearby cells or with your custom values. - Sheets Manager. Now you can find the required sheet swiftly by typing its name in the search field right in the add-on. - Remove Text. Choose to ignore cells without text & cells with formulas when removing spaces & delimiters in order to avoid data corruption. 🎉🎉 V1.14 (2021-Oct-18) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Sheets Manager add-on. Handle multiple sheets in one go: (un)hide, (un)protect, copy, move, change color, reorder, delete. - Combine Sheets. Quickly add more files to the existing result with a corresponding new option. No need to combine all sheets all over again. Just select the new sheets you want to add to the result and the result itself. Select the previously combined data as the one to update and the add-on will do the rest. - Function by Color. Two new functions are available in your Google Sheets: =CELLCOLOR() =VALUESBYCOLORALL() Use them to process colors in your own formulas, e.g. SUMIFS, IF, etc. - Split Text. Now you can split text not only into multiple columns but also into rows. - Extract Text. Extract all matching records from a cell into one or separate cells. - Change Case. A new setting is available: lower & Capitalize. It will not only - - Capitalize Each Word in a cell but also lower all other letters. 🎉🎉 V1.13 (2021-May-5) 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Consolidate Sheets. Plus add-on to combine data with a formula! Have the result for SUM and COUNT returned as a formula to consolidate all existing and future records from the selected sheets. The formula is always connected to your original files: the resulting calculations will consider all changes and new values automatically. - Scenarios are finally available for the following add-ons: Merge Sheets, Remove Duplicate Rows, Combine Duplicate Rows, Compare Sheets. - Advanced Find & Replace: 1. Now you can delete rows with found values. 2. Preserve text formatting. If there are multiple text strings in a cell formatted in different ways, this option will let you keep all formatting upon replacing values. - Text: 1. Extract. Extract text, numbers, hyperlinks, URLs and email addresses from any part of the selected text. 2. Match case. Decide when to consider the text case with the corresponding checkbox in the 'Add', 'Remove' and 'Split' tools. 3. Replace symbols. Single smart quotes (‘’) are replaced with single straight quotes ('') as well. - Remove Duplicate Rows, Compare Sheets, Quick Dedupe. New action with found values is available – delete entire rows from the sheet. - Compare Sheets. If sheets of interest are in separate spreadsheets, you can add them for comparison from Drive straight from the add-on. - Multiple VLOOKUP Matches. You can now look for cells that 'start with' or 'end with' particular characters or strings. - Split Sheet. A new way to split – to multiple new spreadsheets. - Convert. A compliment for users who work with Japanese texts: convert characters to Hiragana and full-width or half-width Katakana. - Clear. The 'Clear validation' option will remove 'Data validation' from the selection leaving only values in cells. 🎉🎉 V1.12 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Combine Sheets. One more way to combine data – with a formula! Have the add-on build a formula to join all existing and future records from the chosen sheets together. The formula is always connected to your original files. Hence, all source changes, all new cells, rows and columns will appear in the combined table automatically. - Split Text. Two new options were introduced by your request: 1. Split values by capital letter. 2. Replace source data with the first result column. - Add Text by Position. Add text to non-blank cells only using the 'Skip empty cells' checkbox. - Text: 1. Remove html tags. This feature removes all opening and closing HTML elements (e.g. , , ) from the text. 2. Replace smart quotes (“”) with straight quotes (""). - Clear. Remove empty/unused rows/columns from all sheets at once. - Convert number sign. An extra setting lets you 'reverse all number signs' in the selected range at once. 🎉🎉 V1.11 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Split Date & Time. Separate cells containing 'Date time' values into columns with only 'Date' units and 'Time' units. - A couple of new options were introduced into Function by Color: 1. Fill your result cells with colors of the pattern cell used for calculations. 2. Quickly check and change formula colors and calculation ways with the 'Edit selected formula' option. 🎉🎉 V1.10 🎉🎉 ⭐ NEW FEATURES ⭐ - Multiple VLOOKUP Matches. Do a quick vlookup across multiple columns and find all matches from all directions based on numerous criteria. - Consolidate Sheets. Summarize records from several spreadsheets based on their position or common headers. - Quick Dedupe. This one-step tool will instantly find and eliminate duplicates in your table. It colors and deletes, copies and moves dupes to a new sheet, as well as marks them in a status column. - Split Sheet. Split one table into multiple sheets by columns. - Merge Sheets: you can not only update your existing main table but also merge tables in a new spreadsheet. - Auto-start is now available. Pin the button at the very bottom of the add-on and it will run automatically in each spreadsheet.