Questions tagged [google]
Questions about Google web applications on a broad level. If you are talking about the web search application (www.google.com, www.google.es, www.google.com.mx, etc.) use the "google-search" tag instead.
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question for Google chrome: what 's that orange icon with person on it in desktop screen? [migrated]
I noticed the icon appearing on the desktop screen. I was curious.
what does that mean? Is this kind of hacker? or was that me as a user?
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How do I stop YouTube from giving me recommendations based on my conversations?
It has happened several times that I am just having a regular conversation with my friends or talking about something that I have never searched online, and then soon after, I get recommendations from ...
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Remove building name from Google Maps
There is a building name on Google Maps which I need to change. The actual school has moved and the PIN location is also updated but still "Olives School" still appears on Google Maps and ...
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Someone stole my phone and manage my account through Google it [duplicate]
My Gmail account was hacked. And everytime I create a new account it was always been hacked. I just saw odd Google app in my. Like accounts.google.com and Google it thing. So I assume my someone stole ...
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Installing Google takeout under a different Google account
The site Google Takeout allows you to back up all of your Google data to several takeout files anointing to 2GB each which can be downloaded once ready and backed up to a local pen drive and stored in ...
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This is a Google problem, always reverting the language to the location language
This would be a Google problem then. I think enough people are having this problem and getting so frustrated, me, for one. I live in Spain, but only speak English. Furthermore, I have to change ...
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Is there a way to set a semi-transparent background on Google Slides when using a picture as the background image? (not opaque or transparent) [closed]
Without being able to select a translucency level the words get lost on the Google Slide presentation. Is there a way to use pictures that shoe the theme of the slide without this happening? There was ...
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Google Sheets ladder linked with Google Drive folder
For a project at school, I have around 340 pages (170 spreads) labeled with the contents of the page/spread in the cell in a Google Sheet. I also have a Drive where every spread has a folder (ie 002-...
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Automatically append text in cell to URL in Google Sheets
Suppose I have a Google spreadsheet with a column of codes which correspond to a URL suffix. In this case, I have papers on arXiv listed as follows:
arXiv
1712.03255
2303.14090
2012.02922
How ...
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How to repeat query for a range of data in google sheet
I have this table in Google sheet:
Col A (Month)
Col B (Date)
January
1/1/2023
January
1/2/2023
January
1/3/2023
And I have another table:
Col C (Dept.)
Col D (KPI)
Dep1
KPI1
Dep1
KPI2
Dep2
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Google Sheets Links between sheets
I have two sheets in one google sheets document. One is a project log with project details and the other is a customer list. I have linked the customer cell to the cell with their project. When I add ...
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Filter multiple columns based on two criteria
So I have this 2 columns:
B (white background) A (white background)
A (white background) B (green background)
C (green background) C (green background)
And I would like to make a function ...
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Why does google keep not show up in the Google Chrome Apps shortcut below the navbar?
I was wondering: Why does google keep not show up in the Google Chrome Apps shortcut?
Is it possible to adjust which apps getting displayed there?
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cannot add 2-factor auth to google account [duplicate]
I have a google account, where supposedly I am super admin, but I can't seem to add 2-factor authentication. My phone number and backup email are attached to the account. But I would like to use an ...
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How to stop Google from logging me out?
I have a Google Workspace account, every 2 weeks or so it forces me to re-login in the browser (Chrome). For some reason this never happens on my phone. My PCs/Laptops are just as secure if even more ...
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Question about appealing an account Google disabled, associated with a youtube account
I created a Google account, the intention and usage, was to test uploading youtube videos with a program. The videos had no adult or sexual content in them. Some videos had some clips of videos from ...
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Bulk Check Google Results Count with Google Docs
I need to extract the number of results by a given search in google, for example:
1 I search in Google.es Dinosaurs wallpapers and it returns to me:
Approximately 77,000,000 results (0.48 seconds)
I ...
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Searching words starting with a specific letter on google? [duplicate]
I want to search for words starting with a specific letter in the same order. Is there any operator in google-dorks through which I can apply wild operations on letters instead of words?
Example: ...
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Show most recent date a theatre is visited Google Sheets
I visit 4 theatres regularly, sometimes multiple theatres on the same day but never the same theatre on the same day. I have columns A, B and C in the picture attached.
Column A records the date a ...
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How do I use an arrayformula to autofill a column in Google Sheets?
I have a script that automatically adds a new row to Tab 2 when a row is added on Tab 1. However I want my formulas on Tab 2 to autofill into the row that is added. Here is my formula:
=IF(AND(...
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Google Sheets, SumIf date in cell matches another date
I have two sheets one with date/times, and names in columns that gets populated automatically from a form submission, and a second one that has dates only across the columns with names down the rows.
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How do I hide, close, or collapse the Google Help Assistant sidebar in Google Workspaces? It's covering up the page
Within Google Workspaces, the Help Assistant sidebar is always open and it blocks content on the page, and there's no obvious way to close or hide it (beyond nuking it using DevTools, of course).
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Text result of JOIN is longer than the limit of 50000 characters
Sample Sheet
I want to split a column of data, where there are multiple lines in a single cell. I want these split into rows with a formula.
I've got the JOIN formula set up for that and it works ...
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Pivot Table - How to copy sum value onto another sheet
I have set up 3 sheets in Google sheets in related to budgeting/expenses.
The first contains the full budget (say Sheet A for example);
The second contains the expenses (Sheet B);
and the Third ...
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How can i make a formula to determine payment types
I am having trouble nesting and using multiple criteria. I want a column to determine if payment type was CASH, CHECK or WAITING depending on if the cells for Check# and Payment are containing data.
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Using Query to select colum based on headers
I have a sheet with a large table of data with a header for each column. I want to import a specific column to another sheet using the header name. I am using the below formula to do so (which has ...
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Google Suite Legacy edition is going away from 1 June 2022. What are the alternatives? [closed]
I have been using Google Legacy edition (50 users) for myself and friends. I have been using YouTube, Google photos etc across all these accounts. Now I have less than 2 months to figure out what to ...
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sumif not working sometimes
I have read similar questions but unfortunately didn't help me.
Here is a copy (with sensitive info redacted) of my data.
Google Sheet
In column U and V I am trying to sum columns D to O if T is "...
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Student Pilot Spreadsheet - Retrieving date of last landing
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As a student pilot I try to keep record of all my flights, total hours, costs and number of landings in Google Sheets.
As a safety measure our aviation safety agency (EASA) requires pilots to ...
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How do I search for PDF non-embed fonts?
I am trying to upload a pdf to KDP Amazon Publishing. My book was created in google docs. I save to print PDF and upload the paperback manuscript, but it has non-standardized fonts. How do I find the ...
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Adding content to Google knowledge panel
I recently verified my Google knowledge panel. As I am not a celebrity, the panel has very little info (only title and education). There is a help article on how to update the knowledge panel, but ...
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"#NUM!" error in Google Sheets Script
When trying to Run the following script the result is always a #NUM! error - (Result is not a number) in cell "O5"
Both the cells are in currency format and I've tried changing them to ...
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Filter by Condition in a list using custom Formula
I've googled this various different ways, but haven't found anything that has worked. I have a list that needs to be Private filtered by condition using a custom formula in google sheets.
In Sheet2 I ...
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Google Sheets SUM of multiple cells which have a monetary value assigned VIA a previous row
I am wondering what the proper equation format would be in order to get Row 2 with its numbers to correctly add up to the proper monetary value based on what is in Row 1. There is 1 of each ...
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A suspicious app was blocked from accessing your account - How to check IP or app name?
Last days Google is sending me a "A suspicious app was blocked from accessing your account".
I'm a developer and it can be one of my apps but I can't find a way to see what IP or App name is ...
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Google Sheets IFS Text result based on multiple conditions FIX & SORT
I'm very new to Google Sheets and I'm trying to make find the correct formula for a text result based on multiple conditions, here is my best crack at it:
=arrayformula(IFS(B9:B="",V9:V=&...
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How to create a google sheets formula to return a value based on % values in other cells & weighted average formula? (FIXED)
I've been trying to create a scoring system for expected stock market returns -
Sheet
I'm having problems creating a formula to firstly give stocks a score in multiple conditions for example SS
I want ...
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How to create a direct link to a gmail account that will take you to the login screen
This question seems to be asking almost the same thing, but for some reason I can't get any of the answers to fully work in my situation.
I'm looking for a direct link I can put in a web app to ...
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List of dates, repeating
I have an issue that I cant solve, hopefully someone can give some insights.
So, I have a list that contains dates and the number of times something should be done, like this:
Date
Number of times
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How to show Google Group name in Google Drive "Who has access"?
I am new to Google Workspace and have just started using Google Groups. I created a dev group and shared some folders in Google Drive with the group.
The problem is that I cannot check which group has ...
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Calculating % of conditional formatting
I've got a grid of cells filled with either a 'y' or an 'n'.
I'd like to work out the percentage of the 'y's.
So I need a formula that's something along the lines of:
Out of this selection, divide ...
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How to copy URL from cell and reference it in script formula?
I’ve been trying to get this script here to work for a while. Everything has been tested and functions as planned, only if I set the “text” variable to a fixed URL. (There are small kinks, like how it’...
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How could I copy information from multiple cells that share a common feature into one cell?
I have a list of codes that are each assigned to a specific bigger case code and I would like to put a list all of the smaller codes that share one bigger case code in one cell. for example
D2-D6 are ...
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Google Sheet Filter and Match (List the label where a name exist.)
I have 4 game columns that contain the names of the players. I want to list the games of a particular player.
A. B. C. D
Basketball Bowling Billiards Badminton
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Why are major email providers separating the username and password forms? [closed]
The trend started with Hotmail, then Gmail and Yahoo followed it. You enter only email address first, then press Next button and a new form appears for the password.
Previously, there was a single ...
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Stop Gmail and Google Calendar from replacing URL's titles
From about 2-3 weeks or so Gmail and Google Calendar (and probably many more) has enabled a "helpful" feature of replacing URL with corresponding webpage's title, when those pasting URL.
Is ...
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"Count" from unspecified starting points in Google Sheets
I'm a baseball coach creating a Google Sheet to help track pitches and results for my college guys during games so they can see a lot of different information. See attached picture.
I'd like the chart ...
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Google Analytics redirect to provision page issue
I cannot register in Analytics. I will be redirected to the page below:
https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision
I even used another browser and browser private mode.
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On Google Forms, can someone edit their response but can't add a new one?
For example "someone 1" edits their response via the link that I have added in the Google Spreadsheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gtULaR5VEfuLOP4f73Z3KofsnksmpSid/view?usp=sharing), ...
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How can I know whether I am a Google One member?
Google sent me this email:
Summary of the new policies (effective June 1, 2021): If you're inactive for 2 years (24 months) in Gmail, Drive or Photos, we may delete the content in the product(s) in ...
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