How to Combine Multiple Large Excel Files Without PowerQuery

The common wisdom for the "how to merge multiple Excel files" problem is to use PowerQuery. And if you search how to do this without PowerQuery, you'll find suggestions to use VBA, or write your own custom code.

But if you don't want to use PowerQuery, then obviously you don't want to write VBA or custom code either! Great suggestions.

The Non-PQ/VBA/Code Solution

Needless to say, when we're talking about multiple and large files, standard AI chatbots are out of the question. They have hard limits on how much data you can even upload - not to mention the privacy risk you might want to avoid.

And that leads us, of course, to Gruntless.

Because with Gruntless, you simply:

• Tell Gruntless you want to merge multiple Excel files
• Wait a minute for your custom app to be built
• Open your new app and drop all the files you want to merge
• Press a button - and voilà, your merged Excel file is ready

And because Gruntless writes actual code for you, your file merging instructions can be as complex as you need. You could:

• Standardize all date formats
• Remove duplicates
• Combine or split certain columns
• Transform any data based on unique rules
• and much, much more - Gruntless can do virtually anything

Also unlike AI chatbots, Gruntless apps have no usage limits, no privacy concerns, and they will always work the same way, guaranteed no hallucinations or drifts.

So if you want to get your file busywork done without any headaches, try Gruntless today.