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Get the unique values from a column by using advance filter in Excel


What is unique value?

Unique value is a value that occurs only once in a single column. In this article I will let you know how to get the unique values from a list. Many MIS Executives have suffered often while creating a report regarding district wise. And I believe that they think it is very hard to find the unique values from a large list and then to generate the report.


How to get unique values through Advance Filter?

There are many ways to get the unique values from a list. Array formula, PivotTable, Advance Filter, CountIF function etc. As the title said here I would like to describe how to get it through Advance Filter option. To do this you need to follow the below steps:

Step 1: Assume that, you data range is A2:A29. First of all Select the column that contains the duplicate values and set a Filter from Data menu.

Image 1: Filter added

Step 2: Click on Data » Sort » Filter group » Advanced. This will show a dialog box.

Step 3: Select Copy to another location radio button from the Advanced Filter dialog box.

Step 4: Enter the range in the List Range text box where the total data located.

Step 5: Mention a cell number in Copy to text box. All the unique values from List Range range will auto filtered and pasted from the cell mentioned in Copy to text box.

Step 6: Check the Unique records only option. Here is the final settings:

Image 2: Advanced Filter dialog box settings

Step 7: Click on OK.

This will paste all the unique values from A1:A29 to C1.


Image 3: Unique values pasted in C1

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