---
title: "Convert PDF tables to Excel for free | Paperwing"
description: "Extract tables from PDFs into Excel (XLSX) or CSV on Windows or Mac with Paperwing, a free desktop app. Offline, with no upload."
url: https://paperwingapp.com/tools/pdf-to-excel/
---

1. [Home](https://paperwingapp.com/)
2. [Tools](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/)
3. PDF to Excel

Free tool · Windows and macOS

# PDF tables into Excel.

Pull the tables out of a statement, invoice or report into a spreadsheet you can sort and sum.

[Download for Windows](https://github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing/releases/download/v1.2.3/Paperwing-Setup-1.2.3-x64.exe) · [Download for Mac](https://github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing/releases/download/v1.2.3/Paperwing-1.2.3-mac-arm64.dmg) · [Download Paperwing](https://paperwingapp.com/download/)

v1.2.3 · Windows 10 and 11 · 188 MB v1.2.3 · Apple Silicon · 192 MB · [Intel Mac?](https://paperwingapp.com/download/#mac) Free for Windows and macOS · v1.2.3 [Other versions](https://paperwingapp.com/download/)

## How to convert PDF tables to Excel with Paperwing

1. Open Paperwing and drop your PDF on the window, or press Ctrl+O (⌘O on a Mac).
2. Open **All tools** and choose **Export a PDF** , then **PDF to Excel** (or **PDF to CSV** ).
3. Run it on the open document.
4. Save the spreadsheet and open it in Excel, LibreOffice Calc or Numbers.

## What you can do

- Extract tables to Excel (XLSX)
- Export tables to CSV
- Pull every table out with **Extract Tables**
- Export text to plain text, Markdown or JSON

## Why do it on your computer

Bank statements and financial reports are some of the most sensitive files people convert. Paperwing reads them on your computer.

**Paperwing is a free, open-source desktop app** for Windows and macOS with more than 100 PDF tools. It works offline, there’s no account, and every tool is free. [Download it](https://paperwingapp.com/download/) or [browse all the tools](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/) .

## Questions

### Does it work on scanned statements?

Run **OCR PDF** first so the numbers become text; then the tables can be extracted.

## Related tools

[**PDF to Word** Turn PDFs into editable Word documents on Windows or Mac with Paperwing, a free desktop app.](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/pdf-to-word/) · [**Make a scan** Make scanned PDFs searchable and copyable with OCR on Windows or Mac in Paperwing, a free desktop app.](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/ocr-pdf/) · [**Split a PDF** Split a PDF into parts or extract pages into a new file on Windows or Mac with Paperwing, a free desktop app.](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/split-pdf/) · [**Compare two PDFs** See what changed between two versions of a PDF on Windows or Mac with Paperwing, a free desktop app.](https://paperwingapp.com/tools/compare-pdf/)

## Open your next PDF in Paperwing.

Free for Windows and macOS. No account, no subscription, nothing to sign up for.

[Download for Windows](https://github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing/releases/download/v1.2.3/Paperwing-Setup-1.2.3-x64.exe) · [Download for Mac](https://github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing/releases/download/v1.2.3/Paperwing-1.2.3-mac-arm64.dmg) · [Download Paperwing](https://paperwingapp.com/download/) · [Star on GitHub](https://github.com/rohanvijaykumar/paperwing)

v1.2.3 · Windows 10 and 11 · 188 MB v1.2.3 · Apple Silicon · 192 MB · [Intel Mac?](https://paperwingapp.com/download/#mac) Free for Windows and macOS · v1.2.3 [Other versions](https://paperwingapp.com/download/)