PDF to Excel
Extract tabular data from PDFs into a CSV file you can open in any spreadsheet.
What is Convert PDF to Excel?
Extract tabular data from a PDF into a comma-separated CSV file. Rows are grouped by vertical position and cells split by horizontal gaps. Free and in-browser.
When should you use it?
This tool is useful when you need to move content between PDF files and common office formats without installing desktop software.
How Convert PDF to Excel handles your file
Text positions are read with PDF.js in your browser and written straight to a CSV string. Nothing is uploaded.
Your device's own CPU does the work, so there is no upload wait and no server-side copy of your document to retain.
Good to know before you convert
- The output is a .csv file, not .xlsx or .xls. Excel, Google Sheets, and Numbers all open CSV files, but the file contains no formatting, formulas, or multiple sheets.
- Row and column detection uses coordinate proximity, which works well on clean bordered tables and poorly on multi-column page layouts or borderless tables.
- PDFs store glyphs and coordinates, not cells, so no formulas or cell types can be recovered.
How to use Convert PDF to Excel
Select or drop the PDF containing the table or rows of data.
Click 'Convert to Excel' to group the text into rows and columns by coordinate position.
Download the resulting .csv file and open it in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers.
Why choose PdfPix for Convert PDF to Excel?
Private by design
The file is never uploaded. Everything happens inside your browser tab, so there is no remote copy of your document to leak, retain, or subpoena.
No File Size Limits
Because conversions run locally using your computer's CPU power, we don't impose any artificial file size caps, queue delays, or wait times.
100% Free Forever
Get full access to all features without subscriptions, credit card inputs, or registration walls. No branding watermarks added to your outputs.
Universal Compatibility
PdfPix runs smoothly inside any modern browser on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, or Android, without needing external applications or plugins.
How PdfPixCompares to iLovePDF & Smallpdf
Unlike traditional cloud PDF services that upload your confidential documents to remote servers, PdfPix processes your files 100% in your browser. No file size paywalls, no task queues, and zero remote data retention.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I get an .xlsx workbook?
No. PdfPix writes a .csv (comma-separated values) file, which is the plain-text interchange format every spreadsheet application can open. If you need a true .xlsx workbook with formatting or multiple sheets, open the CSV and save it as .xlsx from Excel or Google Sheets.
Can I extract multiple tables from one PDF?
Every page of the PDF is scanned and its rows appended to the same CSV, separated by a blank line. Because the output is a single flat CSV rather than a multi-sheet workbook, several unrelated tables will land in one file.
How safe is my spreadsheet data?
Your data stays on your device. All parsing happens in the browser and the file is never transmitted.
Are formulas converted?
PDFs store raw glyphs and coordinates rather than formulas, so the output contains the numbers and text exactly as they appear, arranged into rows and columns.
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