PDF to Excel
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Pull a table out of a PDF — a bank statement, an invoice, a report — and turn it into a genuine .xlsx file that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice, not a renamed CSV. This tool reads the actual text and its position on the page (not pixels), then reconstructs rows and columns from where that text sits, the same engine behind our PDF to CSV tool.
Everything is processed entirely in your browser — the PDF is read with pdf.js and the .xlsx file itself is built locally too, so nothing is ever uploaded. This only works on a PDF that has real, selectable text; a scanned document has no text layer at all — for those, use Image to CSV instead, which reads the picture with OCR.
Also useful: PDF to CSV · Image to CSV (table OCR)
How it works
- 1. Drop your PDF into the box above or click to browse.
- 2. We detect the table and build it in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
- 3. Download the result as a real .xlsx file.
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Frequently asked questions
Does this work with scanned PDFs?
No — this tool needs a PDF with real, selectable text underneath. If your document is a scan or a photo saved as a PDF, it has no text layer to read. Use Image to CSV instead: take a photo or screenshot of the table and it will run OCR on it.
Is this a real Excel file, or a CSV renamed to .xlsx?
It’s a real .xlsx workbook, generated locally in your browser with a spreadsheet library — not a CSV with a different extension. It opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice with columns already separated into cells.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The PDF is parsed entirely in your browser using pdf.js — no OCR, no server round trip. Files up to 50MB and 200 pages on desktop (25MB / 100 pages on mobile). If your PDF is password-protected, remove the password first with our Unlock PDF tool.
Do I need an account to use this?
No. There is no sign-up, no login, and no email required — every tool on PDF Hater is completely free. Open the page, drop your file, download the result. That’s the whole flow.