About the PDF to Excel
PDF to Excel is a free online pdf tool from Convertify. Pull text content from a PDF straight into an editable Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet. Simply upload your file, fine-tune the settings, and download your finished result in seconds — directly from your browser, with no software to install and no account to create.
How to use the PDF to Excel
- Click the upload box and choose your file, or simply drag and drop it in.
- Adjust the available options to match what you need.
- Click Process File and let Convertify do the work in seconds.
- Download your result instantly — no email, no account, no watermark.
Why use Convertify's PDF to Excel?
- Free forever — every tool on this site is free to use, with no hidden limits.
- Private by design — your file is processed for this request only and never stored on our servers.
- Fast — results are usually ready in a few seconds, even for larger files.
- No installation — works entirely in your browser, on desktop or mobile.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does PDF to Excel handle tables in my document?
It doesn't detect table structure — every line of extracted text is placed into its own row in column A of the spreadsheet, regardless of how it was laid out in the PDF.
Will my columns and rows automatically map into separate cells?
No — text isn't split into multiple columns automatically. For real tabular data, expect to do some manual re-splitting in Excel after conversion.
Does it preserve formulas from the original spreadsheet that became the PDF?
PDFs don't contain formulas, only the values that were visible when it was created — so there's nothing to extract or restore.
Can I convert a scanned document into an Excel sheet?
No — this tool needs existing selectable text. Run scanned files through OCR PDF first.
Can I convert several PDFs into Excel at once?
No — one PDF is processed per request.
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