Step-by-step approach
- Identify the stable business key such as CustomerID or OrderID.
- Investigate why duplicate keys occurred before deleting records.
- Run key-based deduplication and choose the exact header.
- Compare removed records against source; the first matching row is retained.
- Use the exported CSV only after confirming key uniqueness is intended.
Try the matching tool
Open CSV Deduplicate by Key to work on a local copy. Review the result before importing it elsewhere.
Open CSV Deduplicate by Key ↗What this does not solve
Browser tools can validate known structures and transform available data, but cannot restore deleted or corrupted bytes, infer unknown business facts, or guarantee that a target system will import every field as intended.