1. Upload your PDF
Drag it in or click Browse. You can queue multiple files and convert them in the same batch.
2. Click Convert
The tool reads existing text and tables directly, and switches to OCR automatically for scanned or image-only pages.
What trips people up: a low-resolution scan or a tilted photo will extract less cleanly than a proper digital PDF or a clean, flat scan. Quality in is quality out with OCR.
3. Download your .xlsx file.
Tables come through as structured cells; non-table text is included too.
What to Know Before You Convert
Multiple tables per page are kept separate
If a page has two or three tables, each is extracted as its own block instead of being merged into one.
Non-table text is included
Headings, labels, and paragraphs outside a table still show up in the spreadsheet; you're not limited to purely tabular data.
Scanned PDFs work too
OCR kicks in automatically for image-only pages. Accuracy depends on scan quality, clean and flat beats blurry or tilted.
Batch conversion
Queue several PDFs and convert them together instead of one at a time.
Nothing is paid
No Pro account, no trial limit, no feature gated behind a paywall. Everything on this page works the same for every user.
No mobile app
Browser-based only right now, on any device, but there's no separate app to install.
PDF to Excel, or Something Else?
If you don't need a spreadsheet at all, just the words, PDF to Text is faster and skips the table structuring. If your PDF is mostly paragraphs and formatting rather than tables, PDF to Word is the better fit; it preserves fonts and layout the way Excel can't. And if you've got several PDFs to combine before extracting anything, Merge PDF handles that first.
FAQs
Can I convert a PDF to Excel on a Mac?
Yes. Open the tool in any browser on your Mac, upload the PDF, click Convert, and download the spreadsheet. Nothing to install.
Is PDF to Excel actually free, or is there a paid tier?
Free, including scanned PDFs. There's no Pro account, no free-trial limit, and no feature held back behind a paywall.
Can I convert a scanned PDF to Excel?
Yes, automatically. The tool switches to OCR for any page that's a scan or photo instead of selectable text, at no extra cost.
Does it handle a page with more than one table?
Yes. Each table on a page is extracted as its own distinct block rather than merged into one another.
Will text outside the tables show up too, or only the tables?
It's included. Labels, headings, and paragraphs that sit outside a table structure still come through in the spreadsheet, not just the tabular data.
Can I convert multiple PDFs to Excel at once?
Yes, you can queue several files and convert them together in the same batch.
Is there a file size or page limit?
No. A short invoice and a long report convert the same way.
What format do I get, XLS or XLSX?
.xlsx, opens in Excel, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc without any conversion step of its own.
Is there a mobile app?
No. This is browser-based only, no separate app for iOS or Android.
Is my uploaded PDF safe and private?
It's uploaded over an encrypted (TLS) connection, processed on our server, and deleted automatically within about an hour. We don't keep a copy after that.
