# Filter recipients
Mail Rocket allows you to filter your contact list and send targeted email campaigns to specific segments.
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When a filter is applied, emails will only be sent to visible rows of the selected spreadsheet.
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### How to filter your contact list
* Open the Google Sheet containing your contact list
* Click on the row number "1" to select the entire first row of your spreadsheet.
* In the toolbar, click the filter icon (a funnel-shaped icon). This will activate filters for each column header in your sheet.
* **Apply Filters**
1. **Filter by Condition:** Click the filter icon on a column header, then choose from various conditions such as text contains, is empty, is not empty, etc.
2. **Filter by Values:** Uncheck data points you want to exclude or select specific values to include.
3. **Search:** Use the search box to filter data points by typing keywords related to the desired criteria.
