How to alphabetically sort a list in Google sheets

Data menu in Google sheets
Tutorial
Jan 12 2020

So you want to alphabetically sort your rows in your Google sheet spreadsheet? The sort functionality in a Google sheets is something every spreadsheet user should know. It's really pretty simple, so don't even think about doing it manually! 

Step 1: Get your data ready

Unsorted fruit names in a spreadsheet

Here you can see we have a list of fruit in a random order.

Step 2: Sort the column rows

Sorting rows in a column in Google sheets

Select the column you want to sort on, then click on Data > Sort sheet by column A, A->Z

Step 3: Sort on another column

Sort on column B

If you would like to sort the rows by a different column, select the column and select Data > Sort sheet by column B, A->Z

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