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PDF → Excel, editable .xlsx

Extract tables from a PDF into an editable Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet, with table detection and OCR for image-based tables. This tool runs on our server, not in your browser.

Runs on our server in Mumbai, India, deleted right after

Why this tool needs a server (and how we handle it)

  • This tool needs a binary that doesn't run in browsers (Ghostscript, qpdf, LibreOffice, or Tesseract).
  • Your file is processed in an isolated tmpdir per request, on our own server: a VPS in Mumbai, India.
  • We delete the tmpdir immediately after the response is sent. A cron backstop clears anything left within an hour (for example after a crash).
  • The disk is not encrypted at rest; the file only exists on it for the seconds it takes to process, then is deleted.
  • No logging of file contents. No human review. Never used for training, never shared, never kept.
  • Sent over HTTPS (TLS), with HSTS preload and a strict CSP enforced.

How to pdf to excel

Three steps. Start to finish in under a minute.

1

Drop your PDF

Upload the PDF with the tables. It is sent to our server over HTTPS.

2

We detect the tables

The server finds the table structure (running OCR first for scans) and builds real spreadsheet cells.

3

Download the .xlsx

Your file is deleted from the server right after we send the result back.

Why LovedPDF

Why use LovedPDF for pdf to excel

Real cell-by-cell extraction

Proper table structure, not just a text dump.

Works on scans

OCR runs first, so scanned tables become editable too.

Honest about the server

We name where it runs (Mumbai, India), send over HTTPS, delete right after. No training.

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