EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET STARTED
Thank You for Your Purchase!
Your purchase is complete. To get started, please follow these simple steps to activate your plan in Google Sheets.
- Check your email for a confirmation containing your unique Profile ID.
- Return to your spreadsheet menu and navigate to Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Manage your subscription > Profile activation.
- Submit your Profile ID to instantly activate your plan. Please note that you only have to do this once. If you encounter any issues, please refer to the troubleshooting guide below or contact us for assistance.
Getting Started with Flookup
This guide will walk you through installing the Google Sheets add-on and activating your Flookup plan.
For first-time users, your journey begins with a free trial that starts automatically, no credit card required.
For more advanced topics on using the add-on, visit our detailed documentation and blog. If you need AI-powered data cleaning and enrichment features, consider exploring
Flookup AI.
If you would like to use Flookup inside your own application or on any platform outside Google Sheets, consider exploring
Flookup API. Commercial licenses are also available.
Installing Flookup
- Temporarily log out of any other secondary Google accounts.
If you do not do this, Flookup might fail to authenticate correctly. Please click here to learn more. - 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.
- 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 without manual intervention to ensure your data remains current. |
| 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. |
Your Free Trial Starts Automatically
There are no manual steps to start your trial. It begins the moment you use a feature.
- In your spreadsheet, navigate to the menu at Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler.
- Open any menu item, such as Deduplication > Highlight Duplicates.
- That's it! Your free trial for the Data Edge plan is now active.
What is Included in the Data Edge Trial?
Your trial is based on 60 minutes of total processing runtime, not a fixed number of days. This gives you ample time to test Flookup's core capabilities on your own data and at your own pace.
- Menu and Scheduled Functions: You get a combined 60-minute runtime allowance to use on powerful menu functions e.g. like Remove Duplicates and to automate tasks with Scheduled Functions. The runtime is only consumed when a function is actively processing your data.
- Custom Functions: Functions like
=FLOOKUPand=DEDUPEare premium features not available during the trial. They are included in both the Data Edge and Data Master paid plans. You can see them in action in our live demo.
How to Activate a Paid Plan
- Head to our pricing page and click the purchase button i.e. "Get Data Edge".
- Follow the prompts on our secure checkout page. You can use PayPal or your credit/debit card.
- After payment, check your email for a confirmation containing your unique Profile ID.
- Return to your spreadsheet and navigate to Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Manage your subscription > Profile activation.
- Submit your Profile ID to instantly unlock all features. You only need to do this once for each new purchase.
PayPal Buyer Protection
If you use PayPal, you will be eligible for PayPal's Buyer Protection Programme, which allows users to claim a refund for services not delivered or significantly not as described. For more details, visit the PayPal Buyer Protection page.
How to Troubleshoot Paid Plan
- 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.
- Click the "Fetch status" button, found at Extensions > Flookup Data Wrangler > Manage your subscription > Dashboard, to refresh your status or if you have attempted any of the steps above.
- If Flookup is still inactive after following all these steps, please contact us for immediate assistance.