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PDF to Excel

Free online PDF to Excel converter

PDF to Excel with real rows, columns and numbers

PDF to Excel is a free converter that turns the tables inside a PDF into a working spreadsheet — .xlsx for Excel, Numbers and LibreOffice, or plain .csv. It needs no signup, takes up to 20 PDFs of 50 MB and 300 pages each in one batch, and runs the whole conversion inside your browser tab.

Add your files, pick a format, download the spreadsheet — a typical page converts in well under a second.

  • 100% free
  • No signup
  • XLSX and CSV
  • Up to 20 files
  • 300 pages each

or drop them here, or press ⌘V / Ctrl+V to paste

Up to 20 PDFs at a time, 50 MB and 300 pages each

Output format

How to convert a PDF to Excel

Three steps, nothing to install, no account to create.

  1. Add your PDFs

    Drag PDF files onto the drop zone, pick them from your device, or press ⌘V / Ctrl+V to paste them straight from the clipboard. Up to 20 files go in one batch.

  2. Choose the output

    Pick .xlsx or .csv, and decide whether every PDF page becomes its own worksheet or all pages land in a single sheet. Leave number detection on to get numeric cells you can sum.

  3. Check the preview, then download

    Open Preview to see the reconstructed grid before you commit. Download one file, or take every converted file at once as a ZIP.

Technical specifications

Input formatPDF with a text layer, including password-protected files
Output formats.xlsx (Excel 2007 and later, also Numbers and LibreOffice) or .csv (UTF-8)
Batch limit20 PDFs at a time, each up to 50 MB and 300 pages
WorksheetsOne per PDF page, or every page combined into a single sheet
Number handlingCurrency symbols, thousands separators, percentages and (1,234) negatives become numeric cells
Where files are processedIn the browser tab, using pdf.js — nothing is uploaded
Scanned PDFsNot supported — there is no text-recognition (OCR) step
PriceFree — no signup, no watermark, no row limit

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a PDF to Excel?

Add the PDF here, choose .xlsx, and download the spreadsheet — there are three steps and no account. The converter reads the text layer of the PDF, works out where the column boundaries are from the whitespace that runs down the page, and writes each PDF page to its own worksheet.

Is it free, and is there a row or page limit?

It is free with no signup, no watermark and no cap on rows or columns. The practical limits are the batch: 20 PDFs at a time, each up to 50 MB and 300 pages. A file longer than 300 pages converts up to that point and says so.

Do my PDFs get uploaded to a server?

No — the conversion runs inside your browser tab and no part of the file is sent anywhere. That is also why the tool keeps working after you disconnect from the internet, and why a 50 MB PDF starts converting immediately instead of uploading first.

Can it convert a scanned PDF to Excel?

No. A scan is a photograph of a page with no text layer, and this tool does no text recognition. If you select text in your PDF reader and nothing highlights, the file is a scan — the converter will tell you so rather than hand back an empty sheet.

Does it open password-protected PDFs?

Yes, if you know the password. When a locked PDF is added, a password box appears next to it; type the password and the conversion continues. The password is used by the parser in the page and is never stored or transmitted.

Will the columns line up correctly?

For a PDF whose table has visible gaps between columns, yes — that is exactly what the column detection looks for. Tables packed edge to edge, or cells wrapped over several lines, can merge or split; the Preview shows the grid before you download so you can check it in a couple of seconds.

Can I convert several PDFs at once?

Yes, up to 20 in one batch. Each file converts to its own spreadsheet, and the Download all button packages every result into a single ZIP.

Should I choose .xlsx or .csv?

Choose .xlsx unless something downstream demands CSV. The .xlsx output keeps every PDF page as a separate worksheet, stores numbers as numbers, and sets column widths; a CSV is one flat text file with none of that, which is what makes it easy for scripts and databases to read.

About this tool

A PDF does not contain a table. It contains glyphs, each with a position on the page, and the table you see is an illusion produced by where those glyphs sit. Copying a table out of a PDF by hand fails for exactly that reason: the reader hands you the text in reading order and throws the geometry away.

PDF to Excel keeps the geometry. It reads every text run with its coordinates, groups runs into rows by their baselines, then looks for the vertical corridors of whitespace that run unbroken down the page — those corridors are the column boundaries a human eye picks out instantly. Cells are filled in accordingly, so a five-column invoice arrives as five columns rather than one long string.

Numbers get the same treatment. $1,234.50, 12 345,67, 20% and the accounting negative (45.00) all land as numeric cells you can sum, while a product code like 007 stays text so its leading zero survives.

Need a step-by-step walkthrough? See how to convert a PDF to Excel for a detailed guide, or jump straight to the PDF to Excel converter. For a comparison of different conversion methods — browser-based, desktop, online, and Python — read the full guide to converting PDF to Excel.

Where the conversion happens

Every step — parsing the PDF, rebuilding the grid, packing the .xlsx — happens in this page, in your browser. Nothing about the file is uploaded, and the tool keeps converting after you disconnect from the network. Read the full technical write-up if you want the details.