How to Randomize a List for a Fair Selection

Randomizing a list is useful for raffles, classroom activities, task assignments, survey sampling, and brainstorming sessions. The important part is cleaning the list before you shuffle it.

Clean first, shuffle second

If one name appears twice, that person has two chances. If blank lines remain, the output may include empty selections. A fair workflow starts with cleanup.

Recommended workflow

1. Paste one entry per line.
2. Click Trim Whitespace.
3. Click Use, then click Remove Empty Lines.
4. Click Use, then click Remove Duplicates if each participant should only appear once.
5. Click Use, then click Randomize / Shuffle.

Example

Input:
Amal
Zaid
Amal
Noor

Cleaned before shuffle:
Amal
Zaid
Noor

After shuffling, copy the output or download it as a text file for your records.