PDF to CSV — Convert Online

Extract a table from a PDF into CSV. Works best for simple tables with clear column boundaries.

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The PDF to CSV converter extracts tabular data from a PDF into a simple CSV text format — handy for importing into databases, scripts, or other spreadsheet editors.

PDF doesn't store table structure, only the visual position of text, so the converter first extracts text while preserving the original layout via pdftotext (the -layout flag), then detects columns heuristically, based on gaps of two or more spaces between values. This approach works well for simple tables with clear column boundaries, and less well for complex layouts, merged cells, and scanned PDFs with no text layer.

To convert PDF to CSV, upload your file above and download the result. The source file is deleted right after conversion. Maximum size is 25 MB. Need a full XLSX instead? Try PDF to Excel.

Frequently asked questions

PDF doesn't store table structure, only text position. Columns are detected from gaps between values — complex layouts can come out misaligned.
No, a PDF with no text layer (a scanned image) needs OCR — there's no text to extract directly.

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