Remove Duplicate Rows Based on Specific Columns and Oldest Date

Stroobs

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  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Hi,

I have a spreadsheet of data, sorted by columns A, D and E with E sorted newest to oldest.

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I then want to check columns A to D for duplicates and for any duplicates found I want to delete the complete row that has the oldest date in column E. In the example above I want to keep all rows highlighted in green and delete the rows in yellow.

I've tried concatenating columns A to D and then deleting the oldest row based on the date in column E however it just deletes the oldest duplicate date in columns A to E and leaves everything in columns F to I so if I started with 100 rows I end up with 50 rows in columns A to E and 100 rows still left in the adjacent cells.

Hopefully someone is able to help.

Thanks.
 

Excel Facts

How to find 2nd largest value in a column?
MAX finds the largest value. =LARGE(A:A,2) will find the second largest. =SMALL(A:A,3) will find the third smallest
If vba is ok this should do the trick

VBA Code:
Sub dedupe()
    Dim a, d, k, v, i&, r As Range
   
    Set r = Range("A1:I100") '<-- Change reference accordingly
   
    a = r.Value
    Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
    d.CompareMode = vbTextCompare
    For i = UBound(a) To 1 Step -1
        k = a(i, 1) & a(i, 2) & a(i, 3) & a(i, 4)
        If k <> "" And Not IsEmpty(a(i, 5)) Then
            If Not d.exists(k) Then
                d.Add k, Array(a(i, 5), i, 1)
            Else
                v = d(k)
                v(2) = v(2) + 1
                If a(i, 5) < v(0) Then v(1) = i
                d(k) = v
            End If
        End If
    Next i
    For Each v In d.items
        If v(2) > 1 Then r.Rows(v(1)).EntireRow.Delete
    Next v
    Set d = Nothing
    Erase a
End Sub

make sure you run it on a copy of your data first though, to check you're happy!
 
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