Convert PDF to Excel Online — Free PDF Tables to XLSX

Bank statements. Invoices. Quarterly reports. They all arrive as PDFs and they all contain tables you wish you could just paste into Excel. Manual re-typing is error-prone and slow — automated extraction is the only sane option.

The PDF to Excel tool detects tabular data in your PDF and outputs a clean .xlsx spreadsheet. Here's how to use it.

Step-by-step: how to use PDF to Excel

Open the converter. Visit ilovepdf.cyou/pdf-to-excel.
Upload the PDF. Drop your tabular PDF — invoice, statement or report — onto the upload area.
Process. The tool detects table structure and extracts cell values into a spreadsheet.
Download. Save the result as ILovePDF-pdf-to-excel.xlsx.
Open and review. Open in Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice Calc and verify the cells match the original.

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Why use PDF to Excel?

Save hours of typing. Skip manually re-keying data — the tool extracts whole tables in one pass.
Editable cells. Numbers and text become real spreadsheet cells you can sum, filter, and chart.
Handles multi-page. Tables that span multiple PDF pages are stitched together in a single sheet.
Universal format. .xlsx opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, and LibreOffice Calc.

Common use cases

For Finance teams

Extract bank statement transactions into Excel for reconciliation and reporting.

For Procurement

Pull line items from supplier invoices into a sheet for budget tracking.

For Researchers

Convert published data tables from research PDFs into spreadsheet form for analysis.

Pro tips for the best results

1. OCR scanned PDFs first

Image-only PDFs need OCR PDF before extraction; otherwise tables come through as pictures.

2. Verify number formats

Currency symbols and thousand-separators may need cleanup — use Excel's Find & Replace.

3. Use Excel's Tables

Convert the imported range to an Excel Table for sorting, filtering, and named ranges.

4. Re-export to PDF later

After analysis, share the result via Excel to PDF for a polished read-only output.

Frequently asked questions

Will it extract every table perfectly?

Most clean tables come through accurately. Heavily merged cells or no-grid layouts may need cleanup.

Can I extract tables from a scanned PDF?

Run OCR first using OCR PDF. Otherwise the tool sees pixels, not numbers.

How are formulas handled?

PDFs don't store formulas — only their computed values. You'll need to re-enter formulas in Excel.

Does each PDF page become one sheet?

Tables are merged into the same sheet by default for easier analysis.

Wrapping up

PDF to Excel is one of 35+ free tools in the ILovePDF suite — built for everyday document tasks that shouldn't require expensive software or a paid subscription. Files are processed securely, deleted within minutes, and never used to train models. Give it a spin: open PDF to Excel and see how fast it works.

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