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How to quickly extract rows that meet criteria in Excel?

Author: Sun Last Modified: 2024-08-28
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If there are a range of data with some scores, names and regions, and you just want to find out the values which are greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3 in the column Score and then extract the corresponding rows to the next table as below screenshot shown, how can you quickly extract these rows that meet criteria to another location in Excel except finding and copying them one by one?
Extract rows that meet criteria with Filter function
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Extract rows that meet criteria with Filter function

In Excel, you can filter the rows meeting the criteria first, and then copy them to another location.

1. Select the range included headers you want to extract rows from, click Data > Filter to add the Filter icons beside headers. See screenshot:

screenshot of clicking Data > Filter

2. Then click at the Filter icon besides Score column (the column you may extract rows based on), and click Number Filters > Custom Filter from the context menu. See screenshot:

clcik Custom Filter from the context menu

3. In the Custom AutoFilter dialog, select the criteria from the drop down lists, and type the number scope into the textboxes, and check And. See screenshot:

specify the criteria in the dialog box

4. Then click OK, and the data range has been filtered out by the criteria you set.

the data range has been filtered out by the criteria

5. Then select the filtered out data, and press Ctrl + G to open the Go to dialog, and click Special to go to the Go to Special dialog, and check Visible cells only option. See screenshot;

open the Go to dialog and select Special, check Visible cells only option in the dialog box

6. Click OK, and now only the visible cells are selected in the range, and press Ctrl + C to copy it, and then go to select a cell to press Ctrl + V to paste the visible cells. See screenshot:

copy and paste the visible rows to other place


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If you want to solve this problem with fewer steps, you can use Kutools for Excel’s Select Specific Cells function to select the rows that meet the criteria, and then copy them to another location.

1. Select the column you extract rows based on, and click Kutools > Select > Select Specific Cells. See screenshot:

click Select Specific Cells feature of kutools

2. Then in the Select Specific Cells dialog, check Entire row option in Selection type, and specify your criteria in the Specify type section. See screenshot:

set options in the dialog box

3. Click Ok to close the dialog, and a dialog pops out to remind you selecting how many cells, just click OK to close it.

a dialog pops out to remind how many cells are selected

4. Now press Ctrl + C to copy the rows and select a cell which to put the extracted rows and press Ctrl + V to paste.
copy and paste the selected rows to another cell

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