# Filtering

FlexGrid for WinForms provides built-in filters and allows custom filtering process to narrow down specific type of records. Learn more about filtering here.

## Content

Grid filtering lets you narrow down display records according to a specified condition applied on a column. It is especially useful in case of large data sets as it lets you easily analyze data by displaying a specific type of records only.

This section discusses about the process, types and customization of filters.

| **Topic** | **Snapshot** | **Content** |
| ----- | -------- | ------- |
| [Filter Operations](/componentone/docs/win/online-flexgrid/features/filter/filter-operations) | ![image](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/2f10b028-0ae8-4c29-a102-4d67578c339b/image-20260701.80e902.png) | Discusses about how to enable or apply filtering and other related operations. |
| [Filter UI](/componentone/docs/win/online-flexgrid/features/filter/filter-ui) | ![image](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/2f10b028-0ae8-4c29-a102-4d67578c339b/image-20260701.0eba4f.png) | Discusses about filtering icon, its customization and how to set the filter language. |
| [Search](/componentone/docs/win/online-flexgrid/features/filter/search) | ![image](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/2f10b028-0ae8-4c29-a102-4d67578c339b/image-20260701.dd8f6d.png) | Discusses about how to enable search filtering and other related operations. |

## See Also

[Improving perfection, Filtering in FlexGrid!](https://www.grapecity.com/blogs/improving-perfection-filtering-in-flexgrid)