Excel to XML Converter

How to Convert Excel to XML

1. Upload the workbook - Drop an XLSX, XLS, XLSM, or XLSB file onto the page. The workbook is read locally in your browser.
2. Choose the worksheet - Select the sheet whose rows should become XML records.
3. Configure the XML vocabulary - Set the root and row element names, decide whether the first row supplies field names, and choose indentation and declaration options.
4. Preview and download XML - Review the generated markup, copy it if needed, or download the result as an .xml file.

Configuration Options

• Root Element - The name of the outermost XML element that contains all data.
• Row Element - The name of each element that represents a row of data.
• Use First Row as Headers - When enabled, column names come from the first row of data.
• Include XML Declaration - Adds the standard XML declaration at the top of the file.

How This Compares to Other Excel to XML Converters

Excel-to-XML pages often expose a single Convert button. That can produce valid XML, but it does not tell you whether the element names match the vocabulary expected by the system that will consume the file.

XLSX-to-XML converter details checked 2026-07-28 against the linked live services; consult them for future storage and plan changes.

XML validity is not schema compatibility. This page sanitizes worksheet headers into legal element names and lets you define the enclosing vocabulary, but it is a straightforward row-to-element serializer - not an Excel XML Map, XSD validator, or round-trip format for formulas, styles, and charts. The receiving system's required schema should decide the root, row, and field names before export.

Example Output

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<employees>
  <employee>
    <name>John Doe</name>
    <department>Engineering</department>
    <salary>75000</salary>
  </employee>
  <employee>
    <name>Jane Smith</name>
    <department>Marketing</department>
    <salary>65000</salary>
  </employee>
</employees>