ClearPDF - Extract Tables from PDF to Sheets/Excel

About

Drop a PDF and get a real table back — with columns that actually line up, not one giant blob of text.

ClearPDF reads a PDF's embedded text and its coordinates, reconstructs the table structure, and lets you export it — no OCR needed for a text-based PDF, no upload, no account.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Click the ClearPDF icon — it opens a dedicated tab, not a popup
2. Drop a PDF file (or choose one) — nothing ever leaves your browser
3. ClearPDF auto-detects the columns on the current page and previews the table (switch pages first from the dropdown if your PDF has more than one)
4. Nudge a column divider if a line is off, then copy or export

WHY CLEARPDF
- Free and offline: parsing runs entirely in your browser using pdf.js — the file is never uploaded anywhere
- Adjustable column detection: drag a divider to fix it, double-click to remove one, or add one where the auto-detection missed a column
- Excel-friendly CSV: RFC 4180 escaping with UTF-8 BOM, so $ amounts and accented text open correctly in Excel
- Markdown export: paste tables straight into docs, wikis, or GitHub issues
- Zero permissions: ClearPDF doesn't request activeTab, scripting, or any host access — the whole tool works as a self-contained tab
- Fails safely: corrupted or password-protected PDFs show a clear message instead of crashing

EXPORT FORMATS
- Copy for Sheets / Excel — tab-separated text on your clipboard; just paste
- Download CSV — UTF-8 with BOM
- Copy as Markdown — GitHub-style pipe table

HONEST LIMITS
- Scanned or image-only PDFs (no embedded text) are not supported in v1.0 — ClearPDF tells you clearly instead of guessing
- Column detection is based on text position, not visual borders — tables with merged cells may not be perfectly reconstructed

Built for analysts, researchers, consultants, and accountants who need to pull a table out of a financial report, government statistics PDF, or invoice — without retyping numbers by hand.

ClearPDF v1.0 is completely free.