How to Convert PDF to Excel (Tables, Bank Statements, Invoices)

If you've ever tried to copy a table out of a PDF and paste it into Excel, you know the pain: rows collapse into a single cell, numbers turn into text, and currency formatting disappears. A proper PDF-to-Excel converter solves all of this in one click. Here's how to do it free in 2026.

Convert PDF to Excel in 4 steps

1. Open the PDF to Excel tool.
2. Drop your PDF onto the upload area.
3. Wait a few seconds while we detect tables and column boundaries.
4. Download the .xlsx file — open in Excel, Google Sheets or Numbers.

What gets preserved

• Rows, columns, and header rows.
• Numbers stay numeric (you can sum, average, filter immediately).
• Currency and percentages keep their formatting.
• Auto-fit column widths so the spreadsheet looks tidy on open.

Bank statements

Bank statement PDFs are one of the most common reasons people need PDF to Excel. Our converter detects the date / description / amount columns automatically and outputs a spreadsheet that's ready for personal-finance analysis or accounting import.

Invoices and purchase orders

For invoice PDFs, you'll typically get one row per line item with quantity, unit price, and total in separate columns. Great for reconciling against your accounting system or building a quick monthly spend report.

Scanned PDFs

If the PDF is a scanned image (no real text inside), run it through OCR PDF first to extract real text, then convert that to Excel.

Going the other way

Need to send your spreadsheet as a polished PDF instead? Use Excel to PDF — it preserves column widths, headers and styling automatically.