Word to Excel Converter
Extract tables from a Word document into an Excel workbook. Free, private, and processed entirely in your browser.
Drop your files here or click to upload
Supports .docx · up to 50MB · or paste a file from your clipboard
How to Convert Word to Excel
- Upload the DOCX document - Drop a modern .docx file onto the page or click to choose it. The document is read locally in your browser.
- Extract the Word tables - The converter finds each real table in the document and copies its rows and columns into spreadsheet cells.
- Create one worksheet per table - Each detected Word table becomes its own named sheet so unrelated tables are not mixed together.
- Download the XLSX workbook - Save the generated workbook and open it in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, or another XLSX-compatible app.
Get Your Word Tables Into a Spreadsheet
Data trapped in a Word table is hard to sort, filter, or total. Converting it to Excel puts the values into real cells so you can analyze them properly. The converter handles multiple tables at once - one sheet each - and, because it runs in your browser, your document never leaves your device.
How This Compares to Other Word to Excel Converters
Many DOCX-to-XLSX pages are general cloud format converters. The crucial question is what becomes a spreadsheet row: body paragraphs, actual Word tables, or a rendered approximation of the document.
| Tool | Where your file goes | Approach |
|---|---|---|
| ExcelTool.io (this page) | Nowhere - the DOCX is parsed in your browser | Free, no signup or service quota; extracts real DOCX tables only and places each table on a separate worksheet |
| Aspose Words DOCX to XLSX | Aspose servers; files are stored for 24 hours | Turns text paragraphs into spreadsheet rows and Word tables into XLSX tables; the page states 10 files per batch and a 10 MB limit per DOCX |
| GroupDocs DOCX to XLSX | Uploaded to GroupDocs and deleted after 24 hours | General server conversion with a three-file daily free allowance; batch conversion is listed as a Premium feature |
| Convertio DOCX to XLSX | Uploaded for server-side conversion | Cloud extraction of structured and tabular DOCX content; its page says paragraphs and images outside tables are excluded and shows a 1 GB file selector limit |
Word-to-Excel conversion descriptions checked 2026-07-28 against the linked DOCX-to-XLSX pages; confirm later limits with each provider.
A Word page is not a spreadsheet. This tool intentionally ignores prose, pictures, headers, and layout, because forcing those objects into cells produces ambiguous rows. Only explicit Word tables are tabular data, and keeping separate tables on separate sheets preserves the document's real grouping instead of inventing one continuous dataset.