Getting Started with List Sorter

List Sorter lets you sort, deduplicate, and clean delimited lists stored in HubSpot property values -- directly from your workflows. Use it to normalize tag lists, skill sets, product categories, and any other comma or semicolon-separated data so your CRM stays consistent and easy to report on.

How It Works

1. A HubSpot workflow reaches the Sort List action for a contact, company, deal, or ticket
2. The action reads a property value containing a delimited list (e.g. "banana, apple, cherry")
3. It splits the list, optionally removes duplicates and trims whitespace, then sorts the items in your chosen order
4. The sorted result and summary statistics are returned so you can use them in subsequent workflow steps or branch on whether the operation succeeded

Key Capabilities

Flexible Delimiter Support

Work with any common separator. Choose from comma, semicolon, pipe, newline, or space -- whatever your data uses.

Ascending or Descending Sort

Sort items A-Z for alphabetical order, or Z-A when you need reverse order. Sorting is case-insensitive and uses natural ordering, so numbered items sort correctly (e.g. item2 before item10).

Duplicate Removal

Optionally strip duplicate entries from the list in a single step. The action tells you how many duplicates were removed, making it easy to track data quality improvements.

Automatic Cleanup

Whitespace trimming is on by default -- leading and trailing spaces are removed from each item. Empty entries are always stripped out, so you never end up with blank items in your sorted list.

Works Across All Object Types

The Sort List action is available in contact, company, deal, and ticket workflows, so you can clean up delimited data anywhere in your CRM.

Quick Start

1. Install the app in your HubSpot portal (see the Installation Guide)
2. Add the Sort List action to any HubSpot workflow
3. Configure the input property, delimiter, sort direction, and cleanup options
4. Test by enrolling a record and checking the sorted output

Next Steps

• Installation Guide - connect your portal
• Sort List Workflow Action - learn how to configure and use the action
• Settings Reference - full settings documentation