📚 Sort Paragraphs puts any list in your document into clean alphabetical order — one click, right inside Google Docs™.

Ever tried to alphabetize a list in Google Docs™ and found there is no button for it? Word has a sort button, but there is no menu that makes Google Docs™ sort alphabetically on its own, so most people end up dragging lines around or retyping them by hand. This add-on gives you the button that was missing. Highlight your lines, pick a direction, and your paragraphs come back in order A to Z or Z to A in an instant.

🚀 How to sort paragraphs in Google Docs™

Install the add-on from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace.
Open any Google Doc and highlight the paragraphs you want to reorder.
Open the Extensions menu and choose Sort Paragraphs.
Click Sort A → Z, or open the sort panel for more control.
No account, no setup, no copy-paste into another app.

🔤 Everything this tool can alphabetize in Google Docs™

1️⃣ Plain paragraphs and single lines of text. 2️⃣ Bulleted and numbered lists, with formatting kept intact. 3️⃣ Nested sub-items that travel together with their parent line. 4️⃣ Reference lists, works cited pages, and bibliography entries. 5️⃣ Names, tasks, glossary terms, and any A to Z list you keep.

📌 Built for real documents, not just tidy demo lists

➤ Blank lines stay in place, so your sections and spacing survive the sort. ➤ Numbers sort the human way, so 2 comes before 10 instead of after it. ➤ Sorting is locale-aware, so accented and non-English letters land correctly. ➤ Your sorted paragraphs keep their original bold, links, and list styling. ➤ Press Ctrl+Z once and a sort is undone in a single step, up to 2,000 paragraphs.

Whether you need to alphabetize in Google Docs™ for a school paper or figure out how to sort alphabetically in Google Docs™ for a work report, the steps never change: select the lines, click, done. It is the no-fuss way to alphabetize Google Docs™ lists.

🎓 Put your bibliography in order

This is the quick way to alphabetize in Google Docs™ when a student paper needs its APA, MLA, or Chicago reference list in alphabetical order: run the sort on your selection and your sorted paragraphs line up by author. It doubles as a handy bibliography alphabetizer: pick your sources and it will alphabetize bibliography entries by last name in one pass.

Flip on "Sort by last name" and "John Smith" files under S, not J. Flip on "Ignore English articles" and "The Great Gatsby" files under G, not T — exactly the way a works cited page is supposed to read.

⚙️ Four options in the sort panel

Ignore English articles (A, An, The) for clean, title-based order.
Sort by last name for author lists and name rosters.
Keep first selected line in place when a selection starts with a heading.
Case-sensitive for when capitals should be grouped on their own.
🔒 Your document stays private

This add-on works only with the document you have open. Your text never leaves the file, nothing is sent to an external server, and there is no account to sign into. It cannot reach your Drive or any other file — it simply reorders the paragraphs you selected, then gets out of the way.

❓ Frequently asked questions

How do I sort paragraphs in Google Docs™?

Select your lines, open the Extensions menu, and choose Sort Paragraphs, then click Sort A → Z. For finer control, open the panel and sort paragraphs alphabetically with the options you want.

Is there a way to alphabetize a list in Google Docs™ without add-ons?

Not really. Google Docs™ has no built-in text sort, so learning how to alphabetize in Google Docs™ the manual way means reordering everything by hand. This tool is the quick alternative: it will alphabetize a list in Google Docs™ in one click, and the panel even lets you sort alphabetically in Google Docs™ in reverse.

Do APA references need to be in alphabetical order?

Yes. An APA reference list is ordered alphabetically by each source's first author, so select the entries and the add-on will put your references in alphabetical order for you.

Does a bibliography have to be in alphabetical order?

In most styles, yes. Whether it is a bibliography or a works cited list, this paragraph sorter will alphabetize the entries so you never reorder them by hand.

Can it sort a table?

Not tables. For those, right-click the table and choose "Sort table," which is built into Google Docs™. This add-on focuses on paragraphs and lists.

Will sorting change my formatting?

No. It only reorders your paragraphs; bold, links, list style, and every other bit of formatting travel with each line untouched.

Is Sort Paragraphs free?

Yes, it is free to use. Install it from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace, and you can sort paragraphs alphabetically from your very first document.

🎯 Stop reordering lines by hand. Add Sort Paragraphs from the Google Workspace™ Marketplace and get any list in Google Docs™ into alphabetical order in seconds.

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