PDF to Excel Converter
Convert PDF files into editable Excel spreadsheets — right in your browser, no upload, no sign-up.
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Your PDF never leaves your device — the entire conversion happens locally in your browser. No upload, no privacy risk.
Convert PDF to Excel free — right in your browser, with no upload and no sign-up. Whether you have a bank statement from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds or Monzo, a supplier invoice, an HMRC form or a price list, this converter turns the tables and figures inside your PDF into a clean, editable .xlsx spreadsheet in seconds. Your file never leaves your device, and scanned documents are handled automatically with built-in OCR.
How to convert PDF to Excel, step by step
- Add your PDF: Drag it into the box above, or click “Choose files”. You can add several PDFs at once.
- Scanned PDFs are detected automatically: If a page is an image (a scan or photo) with no real text, the tool reads it with built-in recognition (OCR) — nothing to switch on.
- Convert: Click “Convert to Excel”. The work happens instantly and entirely in your browser.
- Download: Save your .xlsx file — or grab everything as a ZIP if you converted several. Each PDF page becomes its own worksheet.
There’s no software to install and no account to create. It works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
Scanned PDFs and OCR: getting tables out of an image
Many PDFs — scanned contracts, photographed receipts, older statements — contain no real text, only a picture of the page. With most converters, free OCR is locked behind a paid plan. Here, OCR is built in and free: the tool detects an image-only page and reads the numbers and labels directly on your device, then rebuilds them into spreadsheet rows and columns.
For the sharpest results, use a clean, straight scan at 300 DPI or higher. Faint photocopies and skewed phone photos reduce accuracy, so straighten and brighten them first where you can.
Native vs scanned PDFs — and fixing common issues
Native (digital) PDFs — exported from Excel, accounting software or a bank portal — convert most accurately, because the column positions are precise. Scanned PDFs rely on OCR, so it’s worth a quick review.
- Merged or split cells: Headings that span several columns are kept as merged cells; if a value lands in the wrong column, drag it across — the row order is preserved.
- Lost columns: If two columns sit very close together they can merge. Widen them in the source, or re-scan at higher resolution.
- Numbers stored as text: UK-formatted numbers (1,234.56) are detected and written as real numbers, so SUM and totals work straight away.
Your files stay private — nothing is uploaded
Most online converters — including iLovePDF, Smallpdf and Adobe Acrobat online — send your PDF to their servers to process it. Your bank statements, payslips and client data then pass through a third party you don’t control. This converter is different: the entire conversion runs locally in your browser. Nothing is transmitted, so under UK GDPR there is simply no file on someone else’s server to leak. There are also no ads, no watermarks, no forced sign-up and no file-size cap.
Why use this instead of the big-name converters?
- Free OCR for scanned PDFs — competitors usually paywall this.
- No upload, no sign-up — your data stays on your device.
- No file-size limit — bounded only by your device’s memory.
- Real, UK-formatted numbers — totals work without re-typing.
- Batch conversion — many PDFs at once, downloaded as a ZIP.
Converting UK bank statements and HMRC forms
UK bank statements from Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Monzo and Starling usually export as native PDFs, so transaction tables convert cleanly — dates as dd/mm/yyyy and amounts as £1,234.56. For HMRC Self Assessment, moving your figures into Excel makes it easy to total expenses by category before filing. If a statement is a scan, the built-in OCR still recovers the table on your device.