PDF Table to Excel
Lift a table out of a text-based PDF and land it in Excel as real rows and columns — data you can sort, sum and chart, not a picture of data. Free with fair daily limits.
Works on text-based PDFs
Text-based PDFs only. Scanned or image-only files are not supported yet.
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Uploading
Your file is securely uploaded.
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Checking document text
We detect whether a text layer already exists.
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Extracting data
Text-based content is extracted directly.
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Preparing result
Your structured output is built.
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Drag & drop your file here
or click to browse · Up to 15 MB
Select fileAccepted: PDF
Your files are processed temporarily and deleted automatically — there is no general cloud storage. File deletion · OCR accuracy.
How to pdf table to excel
Simple steps — no software to install.
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Upload the PDF
A text-based PDF containing tables.
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Extract
Tables are detected and their cell data read directly.
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Download the XLSX
Open in Excel and work with real data.
Why use our PDF Table to Excel
Secure & private
Files are encrypted in transit and deleted automatically after processing.
Fast results
Optimized processing returns your file in seconds.
Free to start
Core tools are free with daily limits — no install required.
Works anywhere
Runs in your browser on any device, anywhere in the world.
Precise extraction from digital PDFs
A text-based PDF carries its table content internally; extraction reads those values directly, cell by cell. No recognition guesswork — the numbers in Excel are the numbers in the PDF.
The copy-paste disaster it replaces
Pasting a PDF table into Excel classically collapses everything into one column or scrambles rows. Structured extraction preserves the grid, which is the entire point of a table.
Scanned table instead?
If your PDF is a scan (text not selectable), this tool has nothing to read — use Scanned Table to Excel, which runs free OCR first. Files are processed temporarily and deleted automatically — there is no general cloud storage.
- Exact cell values — no OCR guessing
- Grid structure preserved
- Multi-table documents supported
- Free with fair daily limits
- Files auto-deleted