Extract tables from PDF files into Excel spreadsheets using Camelot — a professional Python library that tries lattice, stream, and Tabula methods automatically to achieve 94 percent accuracy on invoices, financial reports, and data tables that browser tools completely miss
Our free PDF to Excel converter turns static, locked-up PDF tables into clean, editable spreadsheets you can sort, filter, and calculate in seconds. Instead of retyping rows by hand or wrestling with broken copy-paste, you upload a file, let the tool read the table structure, and download a ready-to-use Excel (XLSX) file. It is built for the documents people actually work with every day, invoices, bank statements, financial reports, price lists, and research data, and it is completely free, with no signup and no watermark on your data.
Converting a PDF to Excel with File Tools Online takes three steps and about a minute. You do not need Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, or any desktop software, everything runs online in your browser.
Drag and drop your PDF into the box above, or click to browse and pick the file from your device.
Keep one sheet per table (recommended) so every table stays separate, or put all tables in a single sheet.
Convert and download the editable .xlsx file. It is processed securely and deleted within 30 minutes.
Once the spreadsheet is on your computer, you can open it in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, or Apple Numbers and edit it like any other file. Because the tool rebuilds the real table grid rather than dumping loose text, your columns line up and your numbers remain numeric, ready for formulas, sorting, and pivot tables straight away.
Most browser-based "PDF to Excel" tools simply pull the text out of a page and drop it into one column, leaving you to rebuild the table yourself. Ours is different: it detects the actual rows and columns and reconstructs them cell by cell, so the spreadsheet you download is genuinely usable.
Powered by Camelot, which automatically tries lattice, stream, and Tabula methods to capture tables that simpler converters miss entirely.
Column alignment and cell values are preserved, so numbers stay numeric and there is very little cleanup afterward.
Export each detected table to its own worksheet, or combine everything into one sheet, whatever suits your workflow.
Convert PDF to Excel free online with no trial, no watermark stamped on your data, and no email required to download.
Files are processed securely on our server over an encrypted connection and deleted automatically within 30 minutes.
Runs online on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, Android, and iPhone. Nothing to download and nothing to install.
The result is a converter you can trust for real work: accurate enough for accounting and reporting, fast enough for everyday one-off conversions, and simple enough that anyone on your team can use it without training.
Getting data out of a PDF is harder than it looks. A PDF does not store a "table" the way a spreadsheet does, it stores characters at fixed positions on a page. To turn that back into rows and columns, the converter has to work out where each cell begins and ends. Our tool uses Camelot, a professional Python library, and runs more than one detection strategy so it can handle very different document styles.
On invoices, financial reports, and data tables, this multi-method approach reaches up to 94% accuracy, the kind of result plain browser converters simply cannot match. It also handles multi-page PDFs, extracting the tables from every page, and does its best to reconstruct merged cells and multi-line rows so the spreadsheet mirrors the original document as closely as possible.
Whenever data is trapped inside a PDF, converting it to Excel puts that data back in your control. These are the jobs people use the tool for most.
File Tools Online offers more than 100 free tools to convert, edit, and manage your documents. These are the ones people use most alongside the PDF to Excel converter.
Bank statements are one of the most common, and most painful, PDFs to work with, because every transaction is locked in a fixed layout. Converting a bank statement PDF to Excel lets you total spending, categorise transactions, and import the data into accounting software. Here is the quickest way to do it:
If your statement is a scan or a photo rather than a true digital PDF, run it through our PDF OCR tool first to make the text readable, then convert the result to Excel.
There is an important difference between a digital PDF and a scanned PDF. A digital PDF contains real, selectable text, so a converter can read the table directly. A scanned PDF is really just a picture of a page, there is no text underneath for the tool to extract, only pixels.
This PDF to Excel converter is optimised for text-based PDFs, where it delivers the highest accuracy. If your file is a scan, an exported image, or a photo of a document, first pass it through our free PDF OCR tool. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) reads the picture and adds a searchable text layer, converting the image of a table into characters the converter can understand. Once the PDF is OCR-processed, upload it here and convert it to an editable Excel spreadsheet as usual. This two-step workflow, OCR first, then convert, gives you the cleanest possible result from scanned documents.
You can technically get data out of a PDF by hand, but it rarely ends well. Copy-pasting a PDF table into Excel usually collapses everything into one column, merges values, and turns numbers into text so your formulas break. Retyping the data is accurate but painfully slow and introduces its own errors on long tables.
| Method | Speed | Accuracy | Keeps columns? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual retyping | Very slow | Error-prone | Yes, if careful |
| Copy & paste | Fast | Often broken | Usually no |
| PDF to Excel converter | ~1 minute | Up to 94% | Yes |
A dedicated converter gives you the speed of copy-paste with the accuracy of careful retyping, and none of the column-fixing afterwards. For anything larger than a handful of rows, it is the obvious choice.
A few simple habits make your conversions cleaner and cut down on cleanup:
Following these steps, most people find that a converted spreadsheet is ready to use immediately, with little or no manual correction required.
Because this is an online PDF to Excel converter, it works the same everywhere. There is no separate app for Windows, no download for Mac, and no plugin to install, you use the exact same page whether you are on a laptop, a Chromebook, an Android phone, or an iPhone.
That makes it easy to convert a PDF to Excel without software when you are away from your usual computer, on a locked-down work machine where you cannot install programs, or on a tablet. All the processing happens on our servers, so even a large or complex PDF converts quickly regardless of how powerful your own device is. You just need a browser and an internet connection.
Yes. We know that invoices, bank statements, and business reports often contain sensitive information, so privacy is built into the tool. Files are uploaded over an encrypted HTTPS connection, processed on a secure server, and automatically deleted within 30 minutes. We never share, sell, or reuse your documents, and you do not have to hand over an email address or create a paid account to convert a file. For extremely sensitive material, you can always remove the converted spreadsheet from your own device once you have finished with it, too.
Upload your PDF to the converter above and start the conversion. The tool detects the tables inside the PDF, extracts the rows and columns, and gives you an editable Excel (XLSX) file to download. There is no copy-pasting and no manual retyping involved.
The File Tools Online PDF to Excel converter is free to use, with no watermark placed on your data. Upload your PDF, choose whether you want one sheet per table or all tables in one sheet, and download the Excel spreadsheet.
The converter uses Camelot with automatic lattice, stream, and Tabula detection, reaching up to 94% accuracy on invoices, financial reports, and data tables. Accuracy is highest on clean, text-based PDFs and slightly lower on very complex or poorly formatted layouts.
Upload your bank statement PDF and convert it. The tool recognises the transaction table, dates, descriptions, debits, credits, and balances, and places each column into its own Excel column so you can sort, filter, and total the data. If the statement is a scan, run it through our PDF OCR tool first.
This tool extracts tables from text-based PDFs. If your PDF is a scan or an image, first run it through our free PDF OCR tool to add a selectable text layer, then convert the result to Excel for the best accuracy.
The converter preserves your table structure, rows, columns, and cell values, so numbers stay numeric and columns stay aligned. Visual styling such as fonts and colours is not carried over, because Excel and PDF format content differently, but the data itself lands in the right cells ready to use.
No. The PDF to Excel converter runs entirely online in your browser and works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, Android, and iPhone. There is nothing to download or install.
You receive a modern .xlsx file that opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, Apple Numbers, and any other spreadsheet application. The output is fully editable.
Everyday conversions work without hassle. Very large or unusually complex PDFs may take a little longer to process. If you need to convert files in bulk, take a look at our batch and bulk conversion tools.
Yes. Files are transferred over an encrypted connection, processed securely, and automatically deleted within 30 minutes. We never share or sell your documents.
Yes. Use our free Excel to PDF converter to turn any XLSX or XLS spreadsheet back into a clean, shareable PDF while keeping your layout intact.
Yes. The converter reads every page of a multi-page PDF and extracts the tables it finds. Using the "one sheet per table" option keeps the results organised when a document contains many separate tables.
A PDF is designed to look the same on every screen and printer, which is exactly why it is so popular for sharing documents, and exactly why it is so awkward when you need to edit the numbers inside it. The format was never meant to be a spreadsheet, so the moment you try to copy a table out of it, the structure falls apart. A dedicated PDF to Excel converter solves that by detecting the underlying table grid and rebuilding it, cell by cell, in a real spreadsheet.
Whether you need to convert a PDF to Excel for accounting, research, inventory, or reporting, this free online tool keeps the structure intact so your data lands in the right rows and columns. The output is a standard .xlsx file that works everywhere, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, and Apple Numbers, with no account, no watermark, and no software to install. Upload a PDF, convert it, and get back to working with your data instead of rebuilding it.