How to Sort By Color in Excel | How to Sort By Cell Color in Excel

In this video, we’ll show you how to Sort by Color in Excel.

There are several ways to sort data in Excel. One of those options allows you to sort your data based on the color of the cell. Sorting by Color makes analysis very easy and time-saving.

Here's how to use it.

Open your spreadsheet and select any colored cell.
Go to the data tab, click Sort in the Sort & Filter group.
In the Sort dialog box, make sure «My Data has headers’ is selected».
In «Sort by» select the column you need to sort, then go to the «Sort on» option and select Cell Color.
In the «Order» section choose the color based on which you want to sort the data.
Keep the Order value as On Top.
Click OK.

This is all need to do!

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[leahhess]

That is super helpful and savea me a ton of time! Thanks!

[Kalami.Anghami]

what if i have a certain cells and i need to sorting them in another sheet from highest to lowest depending on cells values
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hope there's any video allow me to know how to do it?

[psychologicallyspeaking]

great video but when i do it, it doesn't sort. troubleshooting?

[JoelLopes-qybj]

What if I want it to do the sorting automatically? Imagine I change the value on a cell and its now in another colour, can you explain that?

[mustafaibrahim]

How to sort by color in my google cheet

[AuroraEAustralis]

I don’t have colors to choose! They don’t let me. So I can’t do the task

[hughvera]

another > ways to select data by color cell in a spreadsheet


Using the AutoFilter feature:

1 Click on the Data tab.
2 In the Sort & Filter group, click on the Filter button.
3 In the Filter menu, click on the Color drop-down menu.
4 Select the color of the cells that you want to select.