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).

By default Excel will sort by row, and will only sort by column where by_col is TRUE. When by_col is FALSE or missing Excel will sort by row. The SORT function is provided to sort data in an array. If …

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.

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.

You can sort by several columns by adding levels of sorting criteria. For example, you could sort a sales report by region, then by date, and then by salesperson. Each sort level is represented by a single …

In the PivotTable, select any field in the column that contains the items that you want to sort. On the Data tab, select Sort, and then select the sort order that you want.

You can sort on individual values or on subtotals by right-clicking a cell, choosing Sort, and then choosing a sort method. The sort order applies to all the cells at the same level in the column that …

In the Sort row, select Ascending or Descending for each of the expressions. An ascending sort in the first column displays January at the top and December at the bottom. An ascending sort in the …

When you sort based upon multiple columns, the order or hierarchy of the sorting is based on the order that the columns were selected. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each subsequent column you want to use …