Will phone numbers keep their leading zeros?

Yes. Anything that looks like a phone number, a reference with leading zeros or a very long ID stays as text.

My export uses semicolons. Will it work?

Yes. The separator is detected from the first rows, and you can set it by hand.

No. It is converted in your browser.

Will it keep accented names?

Yes. The file is read as UTF-8, so names like Müller or Łukasz come through intact in the workbook.

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Convert CSV to Excel

Turn an ATS or job board CSV export into a proper Excel workbook.

Your file never leaves your computer
No sign-up
CSV in, Excel out

1Choose your file

Drop a CSV here or click to browseCSV or text · or choose from your computer

Your file never leaves your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

2Check the settings

SeparatorDetection parses the first twenty rows with each and takes whichever gives a consistent set of columns. Override it if it guesses wrongly.Sheet nameExcel allows 31 characters and no : \ / ? * [ ] — longer names are trimmed.Read plain numbers as numbersPhone numbers, references with leading zeros and very long ids always stay as text. Turn this off to keep every single cell as text.

3Get your file

Add a file above to start.

About this tool

This free tool turns a CSV export from an ATS, CRM or job board into a real Excel workbook (.xlsx). It detects the separator, keeps phone numbers, references with leading zeros and long IDs as text so Excel cannot mangle them, and turns genuine numbers into numbers you can add up. No login, no upload.

How it works

1
Drop the CSV
A .csv, .tsv or .txt export.
2
Check the separator
Detection is usually right; set it by hand if the columns come out wrong.
3
Download the .xlsx
A proper workbook, ready to filter, sort and share.

When recruiters use it

Opening an ATS or job board export to filter applicants, sharing a longlist with a client as a proper spreadsheet, or cleaning up placement data before a commission review. It turns the raw export into a workbook with sensible column widths and keeps the numbers that matter intact.

Why not just open the CSV in Excel?

Excel guesses as it opens a CSV: 07700 900123 loses its leading zero, a long candidate ID turns into 1.23E+15, and a semicolon file lands in one column. Converting first keeps those as the text they are.

Worth knowing

One CSV becomes one sheet.
Dates stay as the text in the file; Excel date formatting is not applied.
Turn off "read plain numbers as numbers" to keep every cell exactly as text.

Questions recruiters ask

Will phone numbers keep their leading zeros?: Yes. Anything that looks like a phone number, a reference with leading zeros or a very long ID stays as text.
My export uses semicolons. Will it work?: Yes. The separator is detected from the first rows, and you can set it by hand.
Is the CSV uploaded?: No. It is converted in your browser.
Will it keep accented names?: Yes. The file is read as UTF-8, so names like Müller or Łukasz come through intact in the workbook.

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