Detect tables inside a PDF and export them to CSV, Excel, JSON or HTML — with a review before exporting.
Everything happens in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded to any server. Detection works by aligning text into columns; it works well on tables with well-spaced columns and fails on scanned PDFs (images, no real text) or very irregular layouts. If the result doesn't look right, try adjusting the sensitivity or the minimum rows/columns and detect again. To convert a whole page to Excel without detection (one sheet per page, everything included), use the "PDF to Excel" tool.
Choose the document containing the tables you want to reuse.
Every table found on each page is identified and shown in a row-and-column preview.
Export each table separately, or all together in a single Excel file with one sheet per table.
Tables with visible lines and grids, or with clearly aligned columns, are detected most accurately. Tables with no visible lines and irregular spacing may need some manual adjustment afterwards.
"PDF to Excel" converts the content of each full page (text and tables) into a spreadsheet; "Extract tables" focuses specifically on identifying and isolating just the tables, which usually gives a cleaner result when all you care about is the tabular data.
Yes, after previewing all the tables found, you can choose which ones to export.
No. All processing happens inside your own browser — the file never leaves your computer or passes through any external server. You can confirm this by disconnecting from the internet once the page has loaded: the tool keeps working normally.
No. PDFsy doesn't ask for sign-up, an account or payment — just open the page and use the tool.
Yes. PDFsy offers PDF tools equivalent to iLovePDF's — merge, convert, compress, protect and much more — available in 25 languages, with no usage limits, no need to create an account, and 100% local processing in your browser, without uploading any file to any server.