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Excel to PDF on iPhone

Lay out spreadsheet data as a clean, readable PDF table.

Drop your XLS, XLSX or CSV file here

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A single XLS, XLSX or CSV file, up to 40 MB. Files are processed on this device.

If you are on an iPhone and need to convert a XLS, XLSX or CSV file, this page is the whole solution. Nothing to install, nothing to buy, and no account — add your file and the tool is ready.

iOS makes PDFs surprisingly hard. The Files app can view them and Quick Look can preview them, but neither can merge, split or compress. The App Store is full of PDF apps that want a weekly subscription for one operation, and several of them upload your documents to their own servers to do the work.

This runs in Safari on your iPhone, and in Chrome, Firefox or Edge for iOS as well. There is nothing to install from the App Store, no subscription and no permission prompts beyond choosing a file. Tapping the upload area opens the standard iOS picker, so you can take a file from Files, iCloud Drive, your Photos library or any connected storage provider.

Spreadsheets are for working in; PDFs are for sending. The moment you share an XLSX you invite formula changes, broken references and version confusion, and the recipient sees whatever their own column widths and zoom level happen to be. A PDF of the same data is fixed, readable and safe to circulate.

This tool reads your workbook and lays each sheet out as a properly formatted table with a header row, alternating row shading and sensible column widths. Convert every sheet in the workbook or just the first, in portrait or landscape.

How to convert a XLS, XLSX or CSV file

  1. Add your spreadsheet

    Drop in an XLS, XLSX or CSV file up to 40 MB.

  2. Choose the sheets

    Convert every sheet in the workbook, or stop after the first one.

  3. Pick the orientation

    Landscape suits wide tables and is the default. Portrait works better for narrow ones.

  4. Convert

    Each sheet is laid out in turn with progress reported as it goes.

  5. Review and download

    Check the table layout in the preview, then download the PDF.

Why use this excel to pdf tool

No iPhone software to install

No application, no package and no app store download. The excel to pdf tool runs in the browser already on your iPhone device.

Identical output everywhere

The same code runs on every platform, so a file produced on an iPhone is identical to one produced anywhere else.

Standard download handling

Finished files go to your usual downloads location and behave like any other file on iPhone.

Every sheet, or just the first

Multi-sheet workbooks are converted in full, with each sheet starting on its own page under its own name.

Tables that are actually readable

A styled header row, alternating row shading and automatic line wrapping inside cells, rather than a raw dump of values.

CSV works too

Plain CSV files are handled with the same layout treatment as full Excel workbooks.

Features

  • Multi-sheet supportEvery sheet converted, each starting on a new page with its name as a heading.
  • Styled tablesHeader row, alternating row shading and consistent cell padding.
  • Automatic wrappingLong cell values wrap rather than being cut off.
  • Both orientationsLandscape or portrait A4.
  • XLS, XLSX and CSVAll three spreadsheet formats accepted.

When people use this

Circulating a report

Send figures as a PDF so nobody can accidentally edit a formula and change the numbers.

Attaching data to a submission

Many portals accept PDF only, so converting a data table is the only way to include it.

Printing a clean table

A converted PDF prints predictably, without the page-break surprises Excel is known for.

Archiving a snapshot

Freeze a set of figures at a point in time in a format that will still open in ten years.

Using the excel to pdf tool on iPhone

Finished files go to Safari's Downloads, which by default is the Downloads folder in Files on your device. From there you can move them into iCloud Drive, attach them to an email, or share them with any app through the standard share sheet.

The tool itself behaves identically regardless of what you are running it on. The same options, the same validation, the same progress reporting and the same output — a file produced on an iPhone is byte-for-byte equivalent to one produced anywhere else, because the same code does the work in both cases.

That consistency is worth something practical. Start a job on an iPhone and finish it on a different device, or hand the page to a colleague on another platform, and neither of you has to learn a different interface or account for a difference in behaviour.

How Excel to PDF works

The workbook is parsed by SheetJS, which reads XLS, XLSX and CSV and exposes each sheet as a two-dimensional array of cell values. The first row of each sheet becomes the table header and the rest becomes the body.

Those rows are handed to jsPDF's autoTable layout engine, which measures the content, works out column widths, applies the header and alternating-row styling, wraps long values inside their cells, and flows the table across as many pages as it needs. When you convert every sheet, each one starts on a fresh page with its name printed above the table.

Privacy

Your files are not uploaded. When you add a XLS, XLSX or CSV file, your browser reads it from your device into the memory of the tab you are looking at, and the excel to pdf operation runs there using your own processor. Nothing is transmitted to any server at any point.

That means there is no file for anyone to store, no retention policy to trust, and no deletion schedule to take on faith. The document exists only in the memory of an open browser tab, and it is released the moment you close it, reload the page, or press start over.

The site uses standard anonymous analytics to count page views and how often each tool is used. Those events record which tool ran and whether it succeeded — never a file name, never file contents, and never anything that could identify a document or the person processing it.

No account is required, so no personal information is collected. There is no profile, no history and nothing tied to an identity, because no identity was ever created.

Security

The strongest security property this tool has is structural: your file never travels anywhere, so there is no transmission to intercept and no server-side copy to breach. This is not a policy that could change — it is a consequence of where the code runs.

You can verify it in about thirty seconds. Open your browser's developer tools with F12, select the Network tab, and use the tool. You will see the page's scripts load — including the PDF libraries, which are fetched on demand the first time a tool runs — and then nothing further. No request carrying your document is ever made.

For a stronger test, disconnect from the network once the page has loaded. The tool will keep working exactly as before, which is only possible because nothing is being sent.

Uploaded files are validated in the browser before anything runs: the extension must match what the tool accepts, the file must not be empty, and it must be within the size limit. Malformed documents produce a clear error and a retry option rather than a silent failure.

What this tool does not do

Being clear about limits is more useful than a feature list that quietly omits them. Only cell values are converted — charts, images, shapes, conditional formatting and cell colours are not reproduced — and very wide tables can become cramped even in landscape.

If you need capabilities beyond that — redaction, PDF/A conformance, OCR, or scripted batch processing across thousands of documents — dedicated desktop software genuinely earns its licence fee, and this is not trying to replace it. For the specific job of producing a PDF, everything you need is on this page.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the downloaded file go on an iPhone?
Into the Downloads folder in the Files app, which is Safari's default location. Tap the download indicator in Safari's toolbar to jump straight to it, then use the share sheet to move it wherever it needs to go.
Is the excel to pdf tool different on iPhone?
No. It is the same tool with the same options and the same processing code. Only the browser and the download location differ.
Are charts and images in my spreadsheet converted?
No. This tool converts cell data into formatted tables. Charts, images, shapes and conditional formatting are not carried across. If you need a chart in the PDF, export it as an image and use the JPG to PDF tool.
Are formulas converted, or their results?
Their results. The values as they appear in the spreadsheet are what goes into the PDF, which is almost always what you want when sharing.
What happens with very wide tables?
Columns are fitted to the page width and long cell values wrap onto multiple lines within their cell. For tables with a great many columns, landscape orientation helps considerably. Extremely wide tables may still be cramped.
Does it convert every sheet in the workbook?
That is your choice. Convert every sheet — each starting on a new page under its own name — or stop after the first. Empty sheets are skipped automatically.
Does my spreadsheet get uploaded?
No. The workbook is parsed and the PDF is built entirely inside your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Browse every PDF tool, or read the help and FAQ pages. Details of how files are handled are in the privacy policy.