Convert XML to CSV
Repeating elements become rows, attributes become columns, and Excel SpreadsheetML is read as a workbook. Download CSV or Excel. Nothing is uploaded.
Generic XML or Excel 2003 SpreadsheetML. Nothing is uploaded.
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How it works
01
Drop the .xml or paste it
Generic XML and Excel SpreadsheetML both work. Repeating sibling elements are listed so you can pick which tag is a row.
02
Check the table
Attributes land in columns prefixed with @. Nested tags flatten with dotted names. Switch the record element if the first guess was the wrong list.
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Download CSV or Excel
CSV with comma or semicolon, or a real .xlsx workbook if you would rather keep types. Nothing was uploaded to produce either.
XML to CSV is the same unwrapping job as JSON to a table, with two extra wrinkles. Tags can repeat under different parents, so the converter lets you pick which element is a row instead of silently taking the first list it finds. And some of the XML that arrives is not a tree of records at all — it is Excel's 2003 SpreadsheetML, which is already a workbook and just needs to be read as one. Both shapes land in the same preview.
What the conversion keeps
- Repeating sibling elements becomes One row per element
- <catalog><product>…</product><product>…</product></catalog> is the usual case. Each product becomes a row. If several tags repeat, you pick which one is the record — categories and products in the same file are not mixed into one table.
- Attributes and nested tags becomes Columns named @id and supplier.name
- An id attribute becomes @id, so it does not collide with a child element also called id. Nested unique children flatten; repeated children of the same name are numbered.
- Excel 2003 SpreadsheetML becomes The worksheets it already contains
- That XML is a workbook in disguise — File → Save As → XML Spreadsheet 2003. Each Worksheet becomes a sheet and the record picker is skipped, because the rows are already rows.
- A document with no repeating elements becomes A key / value table
- A config file or a single record still converts, just not into a list. Flattened paths become keys so you can still get a CSV out of it.
Related conversions
- Have JSON rather than XML? Convert JSON to Excel.
- Already have a workbook? Convert XLSX to CSV exports every sheet.
- The XML is really just delimited text? Convert text to CSV.
- Want a PDF of the resulting table? Convert to CSV first, then use CSV to PDF.
Common questions
- How do I convert XML to CSV?
- Drop the .xml file onto the converter above, or paste the XML. Repeating elements become rows and you download a CSV. If more than one tag repeats, pick the one that should be a row from the list.
- Can I convert XML to Excel as well?
- Yes. After the preview appears, download Excel as well as CSV. SpreadsheetML files with several worksheets become a multi-sheet workbook.
- What if the wrong element is used as the row?
- Change Repeating element to use as rows. The preview updates immediately. The converter lists every tag that appears at least twice as a sibling, with a count.
- Does it work with Excel XML spreadsheets?
- Yes. The Excel 2003 XML Spreadsheet format is detected automatically and read as a workbook, one CSV — or one Excel sheet — per Worksheet.
- Are attributes included?
- Yes. They become columns prefixed with @ so they stay distinct from child elements of the same name.
- Is my XML uploaded to a server?
- No. The file is parsed and the CSV is written in your browser with local JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged.
- What about namespaces?
- Local names are used, so a tag in a namespace still matches its repeating siblings. The xmlns declarations themselves are not turned into columns.