How to: Clear a Filter

• Sep 19, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

The examples below demonstrate how to clear or disable a filter to redisplay all the rows in the filtered range.

Clear a filter from a column

To remove a filter from a specific column, access this column by its index in the AutoFilterColumnCollection collection, and then call the AutoFilterColumn.Clear method.

C#

// Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
CellRange range = worksheet["B2:E23"];
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range);

// Filter values in the "Sales" column that are greater than 5000$.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns[2].ApplyCustomFilter(5000, FilterComparisonOperator.GreaterThan);

// Remove the filter from the SALES column.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns[2].Clear();

VB.NET

' Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet("B2:E23")
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range)

' Filter values in the "Sales" column that are greater than 5000$.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns(2).ApplyCustomFilter(5000, FilterComparisonOperator.GreaterThan)

' Remove the filter from the SALES column.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns(2).Clear()

Clear all filters

To clear all the filters specified in a worksheet, use the AutoFilterBase.Clear method of the SheetAutoFilter object.

View Example

AutoFilterActions.cs

Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Regional sales"];
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet;

// Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
CellRange range = worksheet["B2:E23"];
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range);

// Filter values in the "Sales" column that are greater than 5000$.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns[2].ApplyCustomFilter(5000, FilterComparisonOperator.GreaterThan);

// Clear the filter.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Clear();

AutoFilterActions.vb

Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Regional sales")
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet

' Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet("B2:E23")
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range)

' Filter values in the "Sales" column that are greater than 5000$.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Columns(2).ApplyCustomFilter(5000, FilterComparisonOperator.GreaterThan)

' Clear the filter.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Clear()

Disable a filter

To disable the filtering functionality, use the AutoFilterBase.Disable method of the SheetAutoFilter object. In this case, all the specified filters are removed, and the drop-down arrows disappear from the column headers in the filtered range.

View Example

AutoFilterActions.cs

Worksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets["Regional sales"];
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet;

// Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
CellRange range = worksheet["B2:E23"];
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range);

// Disable filtering for the entire worksheet.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Disable();

AutoFilterActions.vb

Dim worksheet As Worksheet = workbook.Worksheets("Regional sales")
workbook.Worksheets.ActiveWorksheet = worksheet

' Enable filtering for the specified cell range.
Dim range As CellRange = worksheet("B2:E23")
worksheet.AutoFilter.Apply(range)

' Disable filtering for the entire worksheet.
worksheet.AutoFilter.Disable()