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How to: Clear a Filter

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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.

    // 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();
    
  • Clear all filters

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

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    // 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();
    
  • 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.

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    // 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();