How to sort and organize your Excel data numerically, alphabetically, by priority or format, by date and time, and more.

Select a single cell in the column you want to sort. On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click to perform an ascending sort (from A to Z, or smallest number to largest).

The SORT function sorts the contents of a range or array. In this example, we're sorting by Region, Sales Rep, and Product individually with =SORT (A2:A17), copied across cells F2, H2, and J2.

The SORTBY function sorts the contents of a range or array based on the values in a corresponding range or array. In this example, we're sorting a list of people's names by their age, in ascending order.

Use AutoFilter or built-in comparison operators like "greater than" and "top 10" in Excel to show the data you want and hide the rest. Once you filter data in a range of cells or table, you can either reapply a …

Sort a list by days of the week or months of the year or sort by priorities in Excel. Or you can create your own custom list for items that don't sort well alphabetically.

Sorting data is helpful when you have large amounts of data in a PivotTable or PivotChart. You can sort in alphabetical order, from highest to lowest values, or from lowest to highest values. Sorting is one …

After you have filtered or sorted data in a range of cells or table column, you can either reapply a filter or perform a sort operation to get up-to-date results, or you can clear a filter to redisplay all the data.

For example, if "123" is stored as text, the sort mechanism cannot compare it to the number "123". The following table describes some issues that might occur with data values in columns, and describes …

On the Data tab, in the Sort & Filter group, click Advanced. Do one of the following: ... Select the Unique records only check box, and then click OK. More options Remove duplicate values When you …