PDF to Excel — Convert PDF to XLSX Online Free
Extract tables and data from PDF documents into editable Excel spreadsheets. Supports Arabic RTL text, automatic header detection, and multi-page conversion.
About PDF to Excel
Confileo's PDF to Excel tool pulls tables out of a PDF into a workable Excel spreadsheet. Everything runs in your browser, free and without signup, and your files are deleted automatically after processing.
Copying tables out of a PDF by hand — bank statements, invoices, price lists, financial reports — is tedious and error-prone, and the columns never line up.
Confileo's PDF to Excel tool detects tables and maps them into proper rows and columns in an editable XLSX file, ready to sort, total and analyse in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice Calc. Text-based tables extract best; scanned tables depend on the clarity of the original.
Retyping a table out of a PDF is slow and introduces exactly the kind of error nobody catches: a transposed digit in the middle of a column that still sums to something plausible. Extracting the table directly gives you numbers you can sort, filter and calculate with.
Whether this works at all depends on one thing. Open the PDF and try to select a number with the mouse: if it highlights, the file holds real text and the table can be extracted. If nothing selects, the pages are images and the figures must be recovered with text recognition first — there is no table in the file for any converter to find.
What comes across cleanly are tables with clear structure: consistent columns, visible borders or reliable spacing, one value per cell. What needs checking afterwards are merged cells, tables that break across pages, rows with a stray footnote marker, and numbers that carry currency symbols or thousands separators — those sometimes land as text rather than numbers, and a column of text will not sum.
Check the result before building anything on it. Total one numeric column in the spreadsheet and compare it against the total printed in the PDF. If the two match, the extraction held; if they do not, the mismatch is almost always a merged cell or a value that arrived as text. That single check takes ten seconds and catches nearly everything.
For a scanned financial statement or a report you did not produce, expect to spend a few minutes tidying rather than none. The tool removes the typing, not the reviewing, and on a table of any size that is still the great majority of the work.
Your file is processed and then deleted from the server, and the original is unchanged.
Quick facts
- Price
- Free to start — 5 credits per file (15 credits as a guest, 200 a month with a free account)
- Signup
- Not required
- Max file size
- Up to 100 MB per file
- Your files
- Deleted automatically after processing
- Works on
- Any browser — desktop, tablet, mobile
- Watermark
- None on your output
How to use PDF to Excel
- Upload the PDF containing your tables.
- The tool detects and extracts the table data.
- Download an Excel file ready for analysis.
Why use Confileo
- ✓Free to start — 15 credits with no account, 200 a month with a free one; no watermarks and no credit card.
- ✓No signup or account required — start using it instantly.
- ✓Your files are processed securely and deleted automatically for full privacy.
- ✓Works in any browser on desktop, tablet and mobile — nothing to install.
- ✓Fast processing built to handle real, everyday document workloads.
PDF to Excel — Frequently asked questions
Does it keep the rows and columns aligned?
Yes. Detected tables are mapped into proper rows and columns so the data is usable immediately.
What if my PDF has multiple tables?
Multiple tables are extracted so you can work with all of your figures in one spreadsheet.
Can I edit the numbers after converting?
Yes. The Excel output is fully editable, so you can change cells and add your own formulas freely.
What format is the output file?
You get a modern Excel file (XLSX) that opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc.
Does it work with bank statements and invoices?
Yes. Structured tables like bank statements, invoices and price lists are extracted into rows and columns ready to calculate.
What if my PDF is scanned as an image?
Text-based tables extract best. Tables scanned as images depend on the clarity of the original scan.
Does it handle Arabic text and numbers in tables?
Yes. Arabic text and numbers are preserved in the extracted cells, with rows and columns kept in order.
What happens to merged cells?
Merged cells are mapped to the closest matching rows and columns; it is worth a quick check on heavily merged layouts.
Are the column headers kept?
Yes. Header rows are extracted along with the data, so your spreadsheet is ready to sort and total.
How do I convert a PDF to Excel online for free?
Upload the PDF, run the conversion and download the XLSX. Free, no signup and no watermark — you get usable cells instead of retyping everything by hand.
What if the columns come out misaligned?
That happens when the original table has no borders and the columns are separated by spaces alone. Excel's Text to Columns feature under the Data menu then splits a column properly in a few clicks.
Can I extract several tables from one PDF?
Yes. Each detected table is carried into the workbook in the order it appears — useful for a bank statement or report with one table per page.
Are totals and formulas recovered?
A PDF only stores displayed values, never the formulas that produced them, so you get the numbers rather than the calculations. Once the data is in Excel, reapplying your formulas over clean columns takes moments.
Does it work on scanned bank statements?
A scan is an image with no extractable text layer. Run it through the OCR tool first, then convert — accuracy depends heavily on how clean the original scan is.
Is XLS supported as an output format?
Output is XLSX, the modern Excel format, which opens in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc and Numbers. Save it back to the older XLS from Excel if you specifically need that.
Is there a page limit?
The limit is file size, up to 100 MB, not page count — so a statement running to dozens of pages converts without trouble.
Is this tool really free?
Yes. You get 15 credits without an account and 200 credits a month with a free account; most tools use 1 credit per file and advanced ones up to 5. No watermark, no credit card. Pro adds 1,000 credits a month.
Do I need to create an account?
No. You can use the tool straight away without signing up or logging in.
Are my files safe and private?
Yes. Your files are processed for the task you requested and then deleted automatically — they are never shared or kept.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. The tool runs in any modern browser, so it works the same on desktop, tablet and mobile with nothing to install.