Delete duplicate rows from a datatable grouping 2 columns using LINQ

[ppr (Peter Preuss)]

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dtCleansed =

(From d in YourDataTableVar.AsEnumerable
Group d by k1=d("Col1").toString.Trim, k2=d("Col2").toString.Trim into grp=Group
Where grp.Count = 1
Select r=grp.First()).CopyToDataTable

it will keep only the rows which are unique based on the 2 cols and removes all rows which occurs more ofent based related to this 2 cols

Just update within the LINQ the colnames as to your col names

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