About MoveToSheets

Why we built this

Every week, millions of people need to move a spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel into Google Sheets. The obvious route — drag the .xlsx file directly into Google Drive — works most of the time, but it can mangle formulas, misread date formats, or choke entirely on large files.

The reliable path is CSV: export your data as plain text, then import it cleanly into Sheets. But finding a tool to do that quickly, without uploading your file to a random server, was harder than it should be.

So we built MoveToSheets. One page. One job. Done in seconds.

How it works

Everything runs entirely inside your browser using SheetJS, a battle-tested open-source library for reading spreadsheet formats. When you drop a file onto the page:

• Your browser reads the file locally — nothing is ever sent to our servers.
• SheetJS parses the workbook and extracts the cell values from your chosen sheet.
• We generate a UTF-8 CSV with a byte-order mark so Google Sheets handles special characters correctly.
• Your browser downloads the file directly to your computer.

We never see your data. There are no accounts, no usage limits, and no paywalls.

Privacy by design

Because the tool is entirely client-side, your files are processed in your browser's memory and discarded the moment you navigate away or reset the tool. We do not log file names, file sizes, or any content. The only data we collect is standard web analytics (page views, browser type, country) through our analytics provider, which never touches your file.

Limitations to know about

CSV is a plain-text format, so a few things don't make the trip:

• Formatting — cell colors, fonts, borders, and merged cells are not preserved.
• Formulas — exported as their computed values, not the formula text.
• Images & charts — not included in CSV output.
• Multiple sheets — exported one at a time; each sheet becomes its own CSV.
• Password-protected files — not currently supported.

For most data-transfer needs, these limitations won't matter. If you need formatting preserved, consider uploading the .xlsx directly to Google Drive and opening it natively as a Google Sheet.

Open & free

MoveToSheets is free to use and always will be. The site is supported by display advertising through Google AdSense. Ads are clearly labeled, never intrusive, and placed only in designated zones that don't interfere with the tool itself.