How to Activate Flookup

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Installing Flookup

  1. 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.
  2. Install in one click from the Google Workspace Marketplace (recommended), then continue at step 5.
  3. To install from inside Sheets instead, open on your computer the Google Sheets spreadsheet in which you want to install Flookup.
  4. In the menu, click Extensions > Add-ons > Get add-ons. In the new window, search for "Flookup" or "Flookup Data Wrangler", click on it, then click "Install" and "Continue".
  5. To allow Flookup to work, read the important "Request access" message and then click the "Allow" button.
  6. When the installation completes, click the button labelled "Done" to finish.

Flookup installs as a Google Workspace add-on rather than as desktop software, so there is no installer to run and no operating system component to deploy.
An individual install needs no administrator rights, which matters on managed or locked-down machines where installing desktop applications is blocked.
A Google Workspace administrator can also install it for a whole domain or for selected groups, so nobody has to install it individually. They manage this from the Google Workspace Admin console and can target a whole domain, a single group or one user.

Because it runs inside Google Sheets, Flookup works on macOS, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, and in the browser on Excel for the web, without a separate build for any of them. If you need to establish whether the tools suit your data before installing anything, the free tools run entirely in your browser and require no account.

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 enables Flookup to read, modify and write data in the spreadsheet when you run a cleaning function or start an authorised scheduled task. Scheduled tasks can modify their configured ranges in the background.
Allow this application to run when you are not present This permission enables the scheduling of automated cleaning tasks that run at set intervals, so 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 licence verification and for AI features that connect to external services. Flookup stores the licence and payment metadata needed to verify purchases and provide support.
See your primary email address and any public personal information Your email address is used for account identification and licence management. Flookup stores payment and licence metadata, including the payment or transaction identifier, product and plan, amount, currency, timestamp and associated account details, as described in the Privacy Policy.

How to Use Flookup

See the result first, then test the full product on your own data, then keep it only if it proves suitable. Fees are on the pricing page.

Flookup provides two complementary modes. Standard Data Cleaning runs from the sidebar for full workflows such as fuzzy matching, deduplication and standardisation. Data Cleaning Spreadsheet Formulas (FLOOKUP, FUZZYSIM, DEDUPE and ULIST) are typed into a cell for quick lookups and spot checks. The documentation overview explains each in detail.

Stage What to do
See the outcome before install Open the demo spreadsheet to view working examples of the Data Cleaning Spreadsheet Formulas on sample data with full explanations of inputs and cleaned outputs. No install and no payment is required. The demo shows only spreadsheet formulas, also called custom functions, including FLOOKUP, FUZZYSIM, DEDUPE and ULIST. It does not demonstrate Standard Data Cleaning, Data Cleaning Automation or the Sheets AI Assistant.
Test on your own data with full capability When you are ready to test on your own data, start the 7-day free trial. No credit card is needed, every threshold, automation and workflow template is unlocked from the start, and AI features run on your own API key from Google Gemini or OpenAI. Custom functions run from a demo spreadsheet during the trial. You test with the same capability you retain afterwards.
Retain while it proves suitable The Pro licence is a one-time payment of $89 and never expires, so there is nothing to renew and nothing to cancel. Your licence activates after payment when you submit your Profile ID at Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Account Management > Profile activation. Full details including fees are on the pricing page.

Payments are processed by PayPal.
If a purchase does not arrive or is materially defective, contact us first, as direct resolution is usually faster.
Refunds we approve for defects or billing errors within 14 days return to the original method within five to seven business days.

Access is granted instantly, so change of mind after delivery is not covered.
That is why the trial exists: you see the full result before you commit. The full terms are in the refund policy.

The listing serves 149K+ users on Google Workspace Marketplace and 10,000+ daily active users since 2018. It is Google-verified, with a free trial that needs no card. The trial shows the full result before you commit.

How the Licence Works

Every account begins with a free 7-day trial that costs nothing and needs no card. When the trial ends nothing is charged, because there is nothing to charge. Buy the lifetime Pro licence when you are ready and everything unlocks again, with custom functions included.

1 Install and open

Install Flookup from the Google Workspace Marketplace and open it from the Extensions menu.

2 Start the trial

The trial starts on first use. No card is needed and nothing is charged at any point.

3 Add your AI key

Choose Google Gemini or OpenAI in the sidebar settings and paste the API key from your own account.

4 Buy once

Buy the $89 lifetime licence when the trial has proved the product. Nothing renews after that.

Plan Trial Trial cost Licence cost Seats AI provider
Pro 7 days, full access Free, no card $89 one-time 1 Your own key

The licence never expires and nothing renews, so there is nothing to cancel. Cleaning, deduplication, standardisation and profiling are unlimited.

A Tour of the Interface

These are the three screens you will spend the most time in, drawn from the current add-on. The wording and function names match what you get from Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler in Google Sheets, with the layout simplified to keep the labels readable.

Standard Data Cleaning
Templates
Fuzzy Match Data
Fuzzy Merge Rows
Find Duplicates
Standardize Data
Profile Column
Remove Duplicates
Extract Unique Rows

Click a cell then select a function.

Standard Data Cleaning. Unlimited on a paid plan, so the only limits are rows and cells.
Account Management

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Fetch status
Account dashboard, where one click shows your licence status.
Sheets AI Assistant

Google Gemini key saved. Nothing is metered and nothing is billed by Flookup.

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Sheets AI Assistant. It runs on your own Google Gemini or OpenAI key, saved once in Settings.

How to Activate Your Licence

After purchasing the lifetime Pro licence, activate it 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 the PayPal checkout page and enter any email address. See Paying at Checkout below.
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.

Free Trial, Then Renews Until You Cancel

Detail Information
Free trial to start Every account starts with a free 7-day trial that costs nothing and needs no credit card.
What is charged Nothing is charged during the trial, because there is nothing to charge. When you are ready, the lifetime Pro licence is a one-time payment of $89.
AI usage Flookup meters nothing and adds no charges. You bring your own key from Google Gemini or OpenAI, save it in the sidebar settings and pay that provider directly for what you use. Cleaning and deduplication are unlimited and never run out.
Nothing renews The licence never expires, so there is nothing to renew, no portal to visit and no payment method to keep current.
Buy when ready Buy the lifetime licence on the pricing page.

How to Pay

You do not need any account to buy Flookup. A credit card on its own is enough.

Detail Information
Ways to pay At checkout choose card, Google Pay, Apple Pay or Pay Later from the methods available in your country. No PayPal account is needed and no login is required. Whichever you choose reaches the same plans, the same price and the same trial.
Buyer protection Every payment is covered by PayPal Buyer Protection.
VAT handled at checkout PayPal is the merchant of record, so VAT and sales tax are calculated and handled at checkout. Our own refund policy still applies in full, including the 14 day review window.
Card details never reach us Card numbers are entered on the PayPal checkout and are never seen by Flookup or by the add-on.
Receipts and invoices A receipt is sent for every payment and invoices are available from your own billing portal.

Paying at Checkout

Every plan is bought through PayPal. Pay by card, Google Pay, Apple Pay or Pay Later, and every payment is covered by PayPal Buyer Protection. No separate account is created for you.

Detail Information
Ways to pay At checkout choose card, Google Pay, Apple Pay or Pay Later. Nothing is stored for later, because the licence never renews.
Manage after buying Open Flookup in Google Sheets, go to Account Management and open the Dashboard, where you can fetch your status in one click. Our own refund policy applies in full, including the 14 day review window.

Checking Your Activation

You can check your licence state at any time.
Your Profile ID stays the same, there is no reinstall, and nothing you have already cleaned is lost.

Step What happens
Open the dashboard In Google Sheets go to Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Account Management > Dashboard.
Fetch status If anything looks wrong, contact us with your Profile ID and we will put it right.
Confirm and check Your licence applies straight away. Return to Sheets and click Fetch status to see your activation state.

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