FILE RESCUE · KEEP WHAT CAN BE READ

Spreadsheet text looks wrong?

Fix text and columns in CSV files for Excel.

CSV, TSV and TXT supported. Existing XLSX and XLS files are not repaired.

No file uploads · Runs in your browser
Word won’t openDOCX body text → TXTSpreadsheet text looks wrongCSV text & columns → XLSX / CSV

01Open your file

Drop your file hereor

CSV · TSV · TXT / Up to 20 MiB

Paste a copied file with Ctrl+V

File pasting depends on your browser and operating system.

Automatic text & column check

Review the suggested reading in the preview.

Text or columns look wrong?

Automatic suggestions may be incorrect. Select UTF-16 manually if the file has no BOM.

Choose what to clean

Treat values starting with =, +, -, @ and similar characters as text. Negative numbers may change too; review the change log.

02Check the result

Original kept
A fresh start for your file.

Drop a file to get started.

  1. 1Read file
  2. 2Check content
  3. 3Save a copy

Choose a file or try the fictional sample.

View diagnosis details

File diagnosis

Choose a file to see findings and next steps.

—Data rows in result
—Cells changed
—Rows removed

Cleaned preview

Your clean file starts hereYour table will appear here when you open a file.
First 50 rows · 20 columns
Review changes

03Save a new copy

Keeps 001 and long IDs. Amounts are text too; convert their columns to numbers for calculations.

Save the current preview as a new file
Garbled characters in CSV?Everything in one column?Losing zeros or long IDs?
How it works & supported files

01 / Check the characters

The file format is checked first, followed by UTF-8, UTF-16 with BOM and Korean CP949. Check the suggested reading in the preview. If it looks wrong or is uncertain, open “Text or columns look wrong?” and select the settings yourself. Characters already saved as ? cannot be recovered.

02 / Choose what changes

Spaces and duplicate rows are removed only when selected. Rows with inconsistent column counts are reported by record number; export is blocked until the structure is corrected.

03 / Save a new copy

The default XLSX export preserves every value as text, including 001 and long IDs. Convert amount columns to numbers in Excel when needed. UTF-8 CSV export is also available.

Your files and privacy

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What this tool handles

Encoding conversion, whitespace, empty and duplicate rows, and UTF-8 CSV export. XLSX output stores every cell as text. XLSX input, automatic date changes and recovery of lost source values are not supported. Limits: 20 MiB input, 50,000 data rows, 200 columns, 200,000 total cells.

Microsoft’s UTF-8 CSV guidance ↗