Extract PDF tables

Preview tables in a PDF, then download both an Excel workbook and a CSV. Detection runs in your browser.

How to extract tables from a PDF

  1. Choose a PDF that contains tables, or drop it into the tool.
  2. Click Extract tables. We read text positions in your browser.
  3. Preview the first detected table on the page.
  4. Download the .xlsx workbook and a .csv of the first table.

Features

Private

Table detection runs in your browser. We do not upload the PDF.

Excel and CSV

You get a workbook with each table as a sheet, plus a CSV of the first table.

Free to start

5 free jobs a day. Upgrade to Pro for larger files and more daily jobs.

Files stay local

This tool does not store your PDF on our servers. Other server tools delete files after 60 minutes.

Best-effort tables

We cluster text by position. Scanned pages without real text need OCR first.

Works in the browser

Use it from any modern browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

When to extract PDF tables

Use this when you want to see the detected table before you keep the files, and you want both Excel and CSV.

Detection groups text by position. Complex layouts, merged cells, and image-only scans will not match a dedicated table engine.

If no table is found, we put the page text in one column so you still get files. For scans, run OCR PDF first so the words exist.