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Convert CSV to TSV

Turn your CSV files into TSV in seconds. Everything happens in your browser: nothing is uploaded to any server.

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Why convert CSV to TSV?

It has a single sheet, no formatting or formulas, and accented characters sometimes break. As TSV it pastes straight into a spreadsheet, with no trouble from commas.

About the formats

CSV, tables as plain text

CSV stores a table as text: one row per line with columns separated by commas (or semicolons in some locales).

Strengths: Every spreadsheet, database and app can import it.

Limits: It has a single sheet, no formatting or formulas, and accented characters sometimes break.

TSV, tab-separated tables

TSV is like CSV but separates columns with tabs, so commas inside the text are not a problem.

Strengths: It pastes straight into a spreadsheet and is common for scientific data.

Limits: Like CSV: a single sheet and no formatting.

How to convert CSV to TSV

  1. 1Drop your CSV files in the box, paste them or pick them from your device.
  2. 2Check that the target is TSV and open the options if you want to adjust it.
  3. 3Press “Convert” and download each TSV, or all of them in a ZIP.

Frequently asked questions

Is my CSV uploaded to a server to turn it into TSV?

No. The CSV to TSV conversion runs entirely in your browser, with code downloaded from this site and executed on your device. You can check it in the Network tab of the developer tools or by going offline after the page loads.

My CSV shows broken accented characters, what can I do?

Open the options and pick the “Windows (Western European)” encoding, which older Excel versions use for CSV. UTF-8 files are detected automatically.

Is there a size limit?

Up to 1 GB on desktop and about 200 MB on mobile, although a huge spreadsheet may take a few seconds.

Can I convert several CSV files at once?

Yes. Drop as many CSV files as you like: several are converted at the same time, depending on your processor cores, and when they finish you can download each TSV or all of them in a ZIP.

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