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How do I filter rows in Google Sheets?

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Short answer

To filter rows in Google Sheets, select the range, click Data > Create a filter, then click the Filter icon in a header cell and use Filter by values (untick the values to hide) or Filter by condition, and click OK. Filters hide rows; they do not delete them. In a ProfitDrawer bookkeeping spreadsheet, the Income tab's Paid? column holds Yes or No, so filtering it to No shows invoices still owed among up to 1,000 income rows.

Create a filter (computer):

  1. Select a range, then click Data > Create a filter (or right-click and choose Create a filter).
  2. Click the Filter icon at the top of a column.
  3. Pick one:
  4. Filter by condition: choose a condition or enter a custom formula.
  5. Filter by values: uncheck values to hide them, then click OK.
  6. Filter by color: choose a text or fill color.
  7. Search: type to find values.

Shortcut: right-click a cell and choose Filter by cell value.

Remove it: click Data > Remove filter.

Who sees it: a regular filter is visible to anyone with access to the file, and anyone with edit permission can change it. To keep your own view, use a filter view: click Data > Create filter view, sort and filter, click Save View, then Save. Open it later with Data > Change view. Only one view can be applied at a time.

If you only have view access, you can still create a temporary filter view that only you see and that is not saved.

In ProfitDrawer workbooks the column titles sit in row 7 of the Income, Expenses and Mileage tabs, so start the filter range at that row.

Source: Sort & filter your data: Google Docs Editors Help · Updated

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