PDF to Excel
Extract tables and columns of data from a PDF into an Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet, all in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Files processed in your browserSelect a PDF or drag & drop
One PDF with tables, up to 100 MB
Your files never leave your device. PDF to Excel runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing is uploaded to a server. When you close this tab, your file is gone from memory.
How to pdf to excel
- Select your PDF. Choose or drag in a PDF that contains tables or columns of data.
- Convert. Press Convert to Excel. The text and its layout are read in your browser.
- Download. Download the .xlsx spreadsheet. Nothing is uploaded.
- Review. Open it in Excel and tidy up any columns. Table detection is approximate.
Want more detail? Read our full guide: How to convert PDF to Excel.
Why convert PDF to Excel?
Numbers have a habit of arriving in exactly the wrong format. Bank statements, invoices, sales reports and data exports are handed out as PDFs (locked and read-only) precisely when you need them in a spreadsheet you can sort, filter, total and chart. Retyping rows by hand is slow and error-prone, and a single fat-fingered figure can throw off a whole model. Pulling the data straight out of the file gets you a working grid to clean up instead of a blank sheet to fill.
It helps to understand how the extraction works, because that tells you where it shines. The tool reads each snippet of text along with its coordinates on the page, groups snippets that sit on the same line into rows, and splits those rows into columns wherever it sees a clear horizontal gap. On a clean, digitally-generated table with consistent spacing, that reconstructs the grid remarkably well.
Where it struggles is worth knowing up front. Merged cells, entries that wrap onto two lines, and columns packed tightly together can confuse the row-and-column guesswork, so treat the .xlsx you get as a strong first draft rather than a pixel-perfect copy: a few minutes tidying columns in Excel usually finishes the job. And because the process needs real, selectable text, a scanned PDF (which is just an image of a page) has nothing to extract; that would need OCR first, which this tool does not perform.
Unlike the many converters that upload your file to a remote server, this one parses the PDF and builds the spreadsheet entirely in your browser. Financial statements and confidential reports never leave your computer, which is exactly what you want when the data is sensitive.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded?
No. Unlike many converters, this tool reads your PDF entirely in your browser and builds the spreadsheet locally. Your file never leaves your device.
How does it detect tables?
It reads each piece of text along with its position on the page, groups items into rows by their vertical position, and splits them into columns wherever there's a clear horizontal gap. It works best on clean, grid-like tables.
How accurate is it?
Table extraction from PDFs is genuinely hard, so treat the result as a strong starting point rather than a perfect copy. Merged cells, multi-line entries and irregular spacing may need a little cleanup in Excel.
My PDF is a scan. Will it work?
No. A scanned PDF is an image with no selectable text, so there's nothing to extract into cells. The tool will tell you if it finds no text. You'd need OCR first.
Is there a page limit?
Up to 50 pages, since all the work happens on your device.