# Separate List Items into Columns (Unnest Wider)

Unnest a list column or a list of data frames by making each element of the list to be presented in its own column.

## How to Access This Feature

You can access it from column menu of list columns. ![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2Fsync%2Faaa21730cdbc6f420e6786f913f72086c833e710.png?generation=1601668150812681\&alt=media)

## Separate List Items into Columns (Unnest Wider)

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2Fsync%2F9cfae22c05e05eb8be0a46f08049174de116e37d.png?generation=1601668144060608\&alt=media)

* Column - List column to unnest.
* Repair Column Names (Optional) - The default is Unique Without Empty.
  * Override: Override existing column if resulting column name conflicts with existing one.
  * Unique without Empty: Make sure resulting column names are unique and not empty,
  * Unique without Special Characters: Make sure resulting column names are unique and do not have special characters.
* Column Name Separator (Optional) - If this is used, the names of unnested data frame columns are combined with list keys separated by the text.