How to Activate Flookup
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Installing Flookup
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Temporarily log out of any other secondary Google accounts.
If you do not do this, Flookup might fail to authenticate correctly. See the Google account authentication guide. - On your computer, open the Google Sheets spreadsheet in which you want to install Flookup.
- In the menu, click Extensions > Add-ons > Get add-ons.
- In the new window, search for "Flookup" or "Flookup Data Wrangler" and click on it.
- Click the "Install" button and then the "Continue" button.
- Install the Flookup Data Wrangler add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace.
- To allow Flookup to work, read the important "Request access" message and then click the "Allow" button.
- When the installation completes, click the button labelled "Done" to finish.
Permissions We Request from You
| Permission Granted by Google | Why We Need It |
|---|---|
| See, edit, create and delete all your Google Sheets spreadsheets |
This permission is required for Flookup to read, modify and write data within your spreadsheets as part of its core data cleaning functions.
We do not access or alter data without your explicit action. |
| Allow this application to run when you are not present |
This permission enables the scheduling of automated data cleaning tasks, which run at specified intervals.
This ensures your data remains current without manual intervention. |
| Display and run third-party web content in prompts and sidebars | This permission is required to display the Flookup user interface, including the sidebar and interactive dialogs, within Google Sheets. |
| Connect to an external service |
This permission is used for license verification and to enable AI features that connect to external APIs.
All connections are secure and encrypted. |
| See your primary email address and any public personal information |
Your email address is used strictly for account identification and license management.
Your personal information is never shared, as detailed in our Privacy Policy. |
How to Use Flookup for Free
The fastest way to evaluate Flookup is to
install it and try it on your own data.
The free plan gives immediate access to fuzzy matching, no demo required. Prefer to see it first? The
live demo spreadsheet
walks through ready-to-use examples of the data cleaning formulas, including
FLOOKUP,
FUZZYSIM,
DEDUPE,
ULIST
and more, on real sample data.
Flookup bundles tools for fuzzy matching, smart deduplication, column profiling, text standardisation, data enrichment, Learn from Examples, scheduled automation and the Sheets AI Assistant, plus spreadsheet formulas like
FLOOKUP
and
FUZZYSIM.
The
documentation overview
covers each in detail.
| What You Get | Details |
|---|---|
| Free Plan Access |
Install Flookup and start cleaning your own data immediately.
The free plan includes fuzzy matching for finding duplicates and near-identical matches. |
| No Credit Card Required |
The free plan is free forever. No trial period, no credit card required.
Install and start cleaning your own spreadsheets right away. |
| Current Limits | Free Forever: 3 runs per day and 50 rows per run with fuzzy matching at any similarity threshold. Data Nova unlocks unlimited daily runs, unlimited rows per run, scheduled automation, the Sheets AI Assistant and Custom AI Enrichment (with AI credits that never expire). |
| Upgrade Anytime | When you need scheduled data cleaning, the Sheets AI Assistant or Custom AI Enrichment, upgrade to Data Nova. Your data and settings carry over seamlessly. |
| Next Steps to Take | Follow the installation instructions above to add Flookup to Google Sheets. Start with a small dataset to see how the functions work on your data. |
How to Activate Your Paid Plan
After purchasing a Data Nova plan, activate your licence by following the steps below.
Plan Activation
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| Select your plan | Visit our pricing page and select your plan. |
| Complete purchase | Complete your purchase on our secure checkout page. Enter any email address. If you do not have a PayPal account, you will be taken straight to the secure card payment form. If you do have one, you can log in to pay that way too. |
| Retrieve Profile ID | After payment, check your email for a confirmation that contains your unique Profile ID. |
| Submit in Sheets | Return to Google Sheets and navigate to Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Account Management > Profile activation and submit your ID. |
One-Time Purchase, No Expiry
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| One-time purchase | Data Nova is a one-time purchase. You will only be charged once per purchase. |
| No expiry | Your license never expires. Credits never expire either, so they sit waiting until you actually need them. |
| No auto-renewal | Data Nova does not auto-renew, so there are no recurring charges and nothing to cancel. |
| Purchase again when ready | If you need more credits, simply purchase a new plan on the pricing page. |
How to Troubleshoot Your Plan
- Whenever you switch to a different spreadsheet or create a new one, you must navigate to Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Account Management > Dashboard and click the Fetch status button. This enables Flookup functions for that specific document.
- Reinstall Flookup on individual accounts, not domain-wide as an administrator.
- Make sure that you are only logged into one account during the installation process. If that is not the case, log out of all secondary accounts or switch to incognito mode and then reinstall Flookup.
- If Flookup is still inactive after following all these steps, please contact us for immediate assistance.
Last updated: August 2026