Abstract: A filter device has a housing and at least one filter element arranged in the housing. The filter element is provided with a filter material and the interior of the filter element is surrounded by the filter material. The filter element allows a raw gas to pass through the filter element from an exterior of the filter element to the interior. The interior of the filter element is divided into at least two interior chambers that are separated from each other. A cleaning device with compressed air lines that each are provided with an outlet opening and a valve is provided. The interior chambers each have associated therewith one of the compressed air lines. Through the outlet openings compressed air flows into the interior of the filter element for loading the interior of the filter element with compressed air.