Convert PDF to Excel
Convert text and simple tables from a PDF into an editable Excel XLSX workbook on your device. The converter groups words by their page positions into rows and columns; regular statements and tables work best, while merged cells, charts, forms, and irregular layouts may need cleanup.
Files are converted on your device and never uploaded.
- Price
- Free
- Uploads
- None, it runs on your device
- Sign-up
- Not needed
- Batch
- Unlimited files
- Output
- Excel (XLSX)
- Install
- Nothing to install
How it works
How to convert PDF to Excel
Add your PDF files
Drop PDF files onto the converter, click to choose them, or paste from the clipboard. Add as many as you like.
Check the settings
Excel (XLSX) is already selected. If the PDF is a scan, the converter offers to read it with OCR.
Download your Excel spreadsheets
Each file gets its own download button as soon as it's ready. Download all saves everything in one ZIP file.
The formats
PDF and Excel at a glance
What is a PDF file?
PDF is the standard format for sharing documents that should look the same everywhere. It fixes the layout, fonts, and images of every page, which is great for reading and printing but makes editing hard. A PDF can contain real text or only scanned pictures of pages. It opens in every browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader, macOS Preview, Microsoft Edge on Windows, phones, and Google Drive.
What is an Excel file?
XLSX is the workbook format Microsoft Excel has used since 2007. A workbook can hold several sheets with formulas, formatting, charts, and filters, and it's the standard way spreadsheets are shared at work. It opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, LibreOffice Calc, and WPS Office.
Good to know
What changes when you convert PDF to Excel
- Text is grouped into rows and columns by its position on the page. Each page becomes its own sheet.
- Numbers, including ones with currency signs and thousands separators, become real numbers you can add up.
- It works best on PDFs with clear tables, like bank statements, invoices, and reports.
- Password-protected PDFs ask for the password before converting.
- Complex layouts, like magazines, forms, and multi-column papers, may shift. Simple text documents convert best.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Will PDF to Excel recover formulas?
No. A PDF stores printed values and positions, not the spreadsheet formulas that created them. The workbook contains extracted text and numbers arranged into cells.
Is this PDF to Excel converter free?
Yes. It's completely free, with no sign-up, no watermark, and no limit on how many files you convert. It costs Ethical Tube nothing to run, because the conversion happens on your own device rather than on a server.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs inside your browser with pdf.js and open-source document libraries, so your files never leave your device. Once the page has loaded, it even works offline.
Can it read scanned documents?
Yes. Scans and photos have no text layer, so the text is read with OCR (optical character recognition) in your browser. It handles clear printed text well, makes occasional mistakes, and usually can't read handwriting.
Can I convert several PDF files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like. They're converted one after another, and you can download each Excel file as soon as it's ready or all of them in one ZIP file.
Does it work on iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows?
Yes. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, on computers and phones.
What can open an Excel file?
Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers, LibreOffice Calc, and WPS Office.
Is there a file size limit?
There's no upload limit because nothing is uploaded. The practical limit is your device's memory: everyday files are fine, and most computers handle PDFs with hundreds of pages.
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