With nothing selected in the artwork....
- Highlight a swatch in the Swatch Panel
- Choose
Select > Same > Fill Color
from the menu - The objects using that swatch for that fill color will become selected
- Merely click the swatch you want to use to replace that color
- Do the same again, de-select all, click the bad swatch... but this time choose
Select >Same> Same > Stroke Color
to find strokes using that swatch
Note I suggest using Fill Color
and then Stroke Color
rather than Fill & Stroke Color
because this will better target the color use. If you have objects with varying fills, but the same stroke color, Fill & Stroke Color
won't pick up those objects. By specifically targeting the fill color, then the stroke color, you ensure you get all uses of that swatch color.