Convert CSV files online for free
The converter easily converts your CSV file to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft_Excel or or other Data software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Text-Based Database Export" formats to CSV without using software like Microsoft_Excel or a similar tool.
A .CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file is the industry-standard format for exchanging tabular data between disparate systems, such as exporting users from a database to import into Microsoft Excel. Despite their universality, .CSV files are rudimentary plain text containers. They suffer from significant limitations: they cannot store formatting (bold, colors), formulas, charts, or multiple worksheets. Users frequently encounter data corruption when opening these files directly in spreadsheet software, where automatic type detection may strip leading zeros from phone numbers or erroneously convert ID codes into dates. Additionally, large .CSV files can be difficult to read and slow to parse without dedicated tools.
To overcome these limitations, conversion is often necessary based on your goal:
INSERT statements for migrating data into systems like MySQL or PostgreSQL.Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your CSV file.
Users also converted ANKI, QIF, CVC, GEDCOM, XLSX, QFX, RIS, TXT, CVS, SAV, SCV, FIT and OFX files.
If you want to convert CSV file to JSON, VCF, SQL, YAML, YML, TOML or INI, you can use Microsoft_Excel or similar software from the "Tabular Data Interchange" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, SQLITE, SQL, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, JSON or DB files to CSV, try Microsoft_Excel or another comparable tool in the "Tabular Data Interchange" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our CSV converter.