How to Filter Dates in Power BI

George Apostolov
Updated 05 Oct 2026
- ▣ Power BI

How to Filter Dates in Power BI: step-by-step guide

Open your Power BI desktop and click on your report.
From the 'Visualizations' pane, select the 'Slicer' visual.
Drag the 'Date' field from the 'Fields' pane into the slicer.
By default, the slicer will display as a 'Date Range' slicer.
Click on the slicer to select it. Go to the 'Format' tab.
Under 'Slicer settings', go to 'Selection' and customize the date slicer.
These steps should help you filter dates effectively in Power BI depending on your report's needs.

Quick answer: To filter dates in Power BI, open your report in Power BI Desktop, select the Slicer visual from the Visualizations pane, and drag the Date field into it. Next, click the slicer, navigate to the Format tab, and customize the date slicer settings under Slicer settings and Selection.

About this Power BI tutorial

Filter report dates easily in Power BI using the slicer visual and format settings to customize your date range preferences. This guide shows how to filter Dates in Power BI in 7 steps, starting with "Open your Power BI desktop and click on your report" and finishing with "These steps should help you filter dates effectively in Power BI depending on your repo...". The interactive demo above is a click-through copy of the real Power BI interface, so you can rehearse each step before doing it in your own account.