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PDF to Excel rows and columns back

By ShinobiTools Team · Last updated: August 2026

Convert PDF to Excel in seconds: drop a file with a table in it and get an .xlsx you can sort, filter and add up — real cells, one sheet per table.

Opens in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice. Use it as many times as you like, with no sign-up.

Your file is deleted the moment it's done. The big PDF sites keep your bank statements and IDs on their servers. Here the original goes right after processing, the result after 45 minutes.

What comes through, honestly

A table drawn with lines — a bank statement, an invoice, a price list, a report with ruled rows — is what this page is built for. The cells are read out one by one and written into a spreadsheet in the same rows and columns, so the numbers land in their own cells and you can immediately sort, filter or sum them. Every table found gets its own sheet, named after the page it came from, so a ten-page report does not end up as one long mush.

Tables held together by spacing alone, with no ruling lines at all, are harder for any tool. Those usually still come through, but check the column edges before you trust a total. And a page where the layout is really a picture — a chart, a screenshot of a table — has no cells to read; you would need OCR first.

Converting a bank statement? Use the bank statement converter instead: it turns the transactions into one list with dates, debits, credits and balances, checks every row against the running balance, and gives you Excel or CSV.

Up to 25 pages per file. What you get back is a normal .xlsx, not a CSV dump: text stays text, and a cell that starts with = is kept as text so Excel does not try to run it as a formula.

Only after the plain body text rather than a spreadsheet in Excel format — a letter, a report's paragraphs, no rows and columns to speak of? That's a different job than this page does; PDF to Word pulls out running text instead of table cells.

Scanned PDFs need one extra step

A scan is a photograph of a table, and a photograph contains no cells — running it through this page would give you an empty spreadsheet, so we stop it at the door and say so instead.

The fix is on this same site: run your scan through PDF to JPG to turn the pages into images, build a searchable PDF from those with the OCR tool, then drop the result here. A scanned bank statement can go straight into the bank statement converter, which reads scans itself.

Not sure which kind you have? Try to select a number in your PDF viewer. If you can, it is text and converts directly. If your cursor draws a box instead, it is a scan — OCR first.

Running text belongs somewhere else

This tool puts rows and columns into a spreadsheet. If your PDF is a letter, a contract or an article, there is no table to find and we tell you that rather than handing you an empty file with a row per line.

For that, PDF to Word is the right page: it rebuilds the paragraphs, headings and lists as an editable document.

Free, and deleted within 45 minutes

Your PDF is deleted from the server the moment the spreadsheet exists, and the spreadsheet itself is deleted 45 minutes later. Nothing is shared or used to train anything.

  • No account, no e-mail, no watermark and no daily cap.
  • The .xlsx opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc and Numbers.
  • Password-protected PDFs are refused — remove the password first, then convert.
  • Need the other direction? Excel to PDF prints a spreadsheet back out as a PDF.
  • Need to send an invoice instead of extracting one? Invoice Generator builds a professional PDF from your line items — no spreadsheet template needed.

Everything runs on our own servers, and the ads on the page are what keeps that running — nothing here is ever sold, shared, or used to train AI.

The many ways to convert a PDF table

Converting a PDF to Excel format gives you a real XLSX file, not a plain CSV dump: going from PDF to XLSX keeps every cell in its original row and column, with each sheet named after the page the table came from. You can watch the PDF convert to Excel in a few seconds, and the result opens the same in Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice. In Spanish this is called PDF a Excel; the job is the same.

As an online PDF to Excel converter it reads ruled tables best, such as bank statements, invoices and price lists, and it processes the file on our server before deleting it. Unlike many an online converter, it has no daily cap and stamps no watermark anywhere. Each PDF to Excel convert is the full conversion, every table on every page, an online convert costs nothing, and you can convert PDF to Excel for free as often as you need. Want to convert to Excel without retyping? That is what this PDF converter to Excel is for; running text belongs on PDF to Word instead.

For a scanned bank statement, the bank statement converter reads scans itself. For any other scanned table, turn the pages into images with PDF to JPG and read the numbers out with Image to Text; we cannot yet add a text layer to a PDF you already have, so this page cannot read the scan directly.

Common questions

How do I convert a PDF to Excel for free?

Drop it in above. You get an .xlsx with the real cells, with no account, no watermark and no daily limit. That is how to convert a PDF to Excel without retyping a single number, how to convert the PDF file to Excel when it holds several tables, and how to transform a PDF into Excel in general: one upload.

Will the numbers be in separate cells?

Yes, that is the whole point. Each cell of the table becomes a cell in the spreadsheet, so you can sort, filter and add them up straight away. A cell that starts with = is kept as text, so nothing runs or errors when you open the file.

Can you convert a PDF to Excel if it has several tables?

Yes. Each table gets its own sheet, named after the page it came from, so a report with three tables comes back as a workbook with three tabs. To extract PDF table to Excel from a long report you don't pick anything: exporting PDF table to Excel happens for every table found, and you convert PDF table to Excel cell by cell, so a total column stays a real, addable number.

Why does it say it cannot find a table in my PDF?

Because there isn't one it can read. Either the PDF is running text (use PDF to Word for that) or it is a scan, and then our OCR has to give it a text layer first. So for a scan, how to insert a PDF document in Excel starts with OCR: turn the pages into images with PDF to JPG, build a searchable PDF with OCR PDF, then convert that here.

Are tables without lines supported?

Usually, yes, but they are the hard case for every tool. Check the column edges before you trust a total; we would rather say that than pretend otherwise.

Is there a page limit?

25 pages and 250 MB per file on the free tier; a longer PDF is refused with a message saying so. A €5 pass raises the size limit to 500 MB and the page limit for this tool to 60. For a longer document, save it in parts from your PDF reader (Print, choose a page range, Save as PDF) and convert them one by one; that is also how to insert PDF document in Excel when it runs to dozens of pages.

Is the conversion of PDF to Excel free, with no catch?

Yes. It is a free PDF to Excel converter with no account, no watermark, no trial and no daily cap, so how to change PDF to Excel for free is simply this page, and that is how to convert PDF to Excel free of charge every time. The ads on the page keep the PDF to Excel converter free; every free convert PDF to Excel job gets the full workbook. It is a free converter PDF to Excel users can run from a phone as easily as from a desktop.

Is this a PDF to Excel software converter I need to install?

No. Unlike a PDF to Excel software converter you'd download and run locally, this works from the browser, with the conversion running on our own server. Free software for converting PDF to Excel usually means a download; here it is a web page with the same result, and anyone can convert PDF to Excel from a phone the same way. You can convert PDF to Excel online free of charge on any system.

How do I insert a PDF document into Excel?

It depends what you mean. How to insert PDF into Excel as an icon on the sheet is Excel's own Insert, Object feature: it embeds the file, but none of its numbers become cells. That is also how to embed PDF in Excel, or how to embed PDF document in Excel for reference. If you want to calculate with the figures, how to insert a PDF document into Excel as data is to convert it here, and how to insert PDF in Excel so the numbers stay numbers is the same upload.

Can I attach a PDF to a workbook instead?

You can attach PDF files to a workbook with Insert, Object, or add PDF icons that link to the file, but the numbers stay locked inside. To save PDF tables as real spreadsheet data, convert them here and keep the PDF itself separately.

How do I import PDF into Excel without the Get Data wizard?

Excel for Microsoft 365 can import PDF tables through Data, Get Data, From PDF, but not every version has that option, and the wizard asks you to pick tables one by one. This page is how to import PDF into Excel in one step: drop the file and every table comes back as its own sheet. You can import PDF to Excel this way on any system.

Can I open a PDF in Excel without converting it first?

No. Excel can't open PDF files directly the way Word can with File, Open. Convert it here first, then open the .xlsx that comes back.

How do I copy from PDF to Excel without the columns breaking apart?

A copy-paste from a PDF viewer often scrambles the columns into one block. Extracting the table here keeps each column in its own cell, so how to copy from PDF to Excel becomes one upload instead of a cleanup job.

Does the result open in Google Sheets too?

Yes. The download is a normal XLSX file that opens the same in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc and Numbers, so how to insert PDF document into Excel for a colleague who uses Google Sheets is the same download.

Can it handle bank statement PDFs?

Usually, yes: bank statements are typically text PDFs with ruled tables, which is what this tool reads best. If the statement is a scan, the bank statement converter reads it directly.

What happens to my files?

The PDF is deleted the moment the spreadsheet exists; the spreadsheet is deleted automatically 45 minutes later.

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