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PDF to CSV

Extract tabular data from PDF pages to CSV. Detects columns and rows using text positioning — runs entirely in your browser, no uploads.

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Click to upload a PDF or drag & drop

Single PDF file

About PDF to CSV — PDF to CSV Converter Online

PDF to CSV is a free browser-based tool that extracts text from PDF pages and organises it into comma-separated values (CSV) format using coordinate-based column and row detection. All processing happens locally — no file is ever sent to a server.

Best suited for PDFs containing clearly structured tabular data such as financial statements, price lists, and data exports. For each selected page, the converter groups text items into rows and columns based on their x/y positions and outputs a clean CSV file.

How to Use PDF to CSV Converter

  1. Upload a PDF by clicking the upload zone or dragging and dropping the file.
  2. Choose output mode: One CSV per page downloads a separate file for each selected page, or Single combined CSV merges all pages into one file with page separators.
  3. Click individual page thumbnails to toggle selection.
  4. Click Convert & Download CSV to extract and download.

Tips for Best Results

  • Works best on PDFs with clear tabular data (aligned columns and rows).
  • PDFs generated from spreadsheets or data exports tend to produce cleaner CSV output.
  • Scanned PDFs (images of text) cannot be extracted — the PDF must contain actual text content.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. The conversion runs entirely in your browser using PDF.js. Your file never leaves your device.

CSV extraction relies on text coordinates in the PDF. If the PDF has a non-tabular layout, merged cells, or was created from a scanned image, the output may not align correctly. This tool works best on PDFs originally created from structured data sources.

Yes. Select "Single combined CSV" in the Output dropdown before converting. Pages will be separated by a blank row and a page label.

Yes, completely free with no sign-up required.