In Microsoft Excel, whether you're using the offline, desktop version of the app or the cloud-based version, sorting data alphabetically is relatively simple.

Reversing the order of a column would be easy if the column was already listed alphabetically or sequentially; you would just sort in the other direction. However, data may not be in alphabetical ...

You can sort data by dates in Microsoft Excel and Excel Online. Learn how to sort all the columns according to date column using this tutorial.

Sorting lists your data alphabetically from A to Z or from Z to A. Filtering reduces the amount of records displayed but does not delete data.

You can filter data in Excel based on either certain parameters in columns or over the whole sheet, and you can later unfilter the sheet.

If you run sorts in Excel a lot, you might benefit from shortcuts or even a macro. Here are some ways to make your sorting life easier.