The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Comma-Separated Values File" formats to CSV without using software like Microsoft Excel or a similar tool.
XML to CSV
XLSX to CSV
TSV to CSV
ODS to CSV
PBM to CSV
ODP to CSV
WQ1 to CSV
PM to CSV
SYLK to CSV
PM4 to CSV
WRI to CSV
OTH to CSV
About CSV files
The .CSV (Comma-separated values) format is a plain text file used to store and exchange tabular data. It represents database tables or spreadsheets where each line is a data record and columns are separated by delimiters - typically commas. Common use cases include browser password exports from Google Chrome, user data backups via Google Takeout, and mass data transfers between incompatible systems. While widely supported by applications like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, the format has severe limitations. .CSV files do not support formulas, text formatting, column widths, or multiple worksheets. Saving an Excel workbook as a .CSV permanently deletes all sheets except the active one. Users constantly face character encoding issues (such as broken special characters if UTF-8 is misread as ANSI) and delimiter conflicts when opening US-formatted files on European systems that use semicolons. Microsoft Excel is also notorious for silently dropping leading zeros from zip codes and phone numbers when opening these files directly. To preserve data integrity or prepare it for modern environments, conversion is necessary. Convert to XLSX or ODS if you need to restore formatting, save formulas, and use multiple sheets. For web development and API integration, convert to JSON or XML to structure the data hierarchically. For archiving and secure sharing without accidental edits, convert to PDF. Just drag and drop your file here on convert.guru to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your CSV file.
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 CSV Converter Story
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.