Turn DBF database tables into XLSX. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop DBF files here
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Drop DBF (dBase) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the XLSX, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The DBF to XLSX converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your database tables are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
DBF limits field names to 10 characters and its text encoding differs between programs. XLSX opens straight into Excel with columns and data types intact. DBF is at home in legacy database tables and the attribute tables of shapefiles; XLSX is the usual choice for spreadsheets with formulas, formatting and several sheets.
A DBF file is a single table. Its text is read with the code page recorded in the file, and the field names become the first row.
DBF is the table format of dBase, the first popular database for personal computers. It stores fixed-width records with typed fields, field names of at most 10 characters and a code page for text. Many dialects (FoxPro, Clipper) exist, and shapefiles still use it for their attributes.
Opens in Excel, LibreOffice, Access, GIS software and many accounting programs
DBF converterXLSX is Excel's format since Office 2007. A workbook can hold many sheets with formulas, formatting and charts. Programs and scripts usually prefer the same data as CSV or JSON.
Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, LibreOffice Calc
XLSX converter| DBFdBASE table | XLSXExcel workbook | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | dBase database file | Office Open XML Workbook |
| Type | Database table | Spreadsheet workbook |
| Compression | None | ZIP container of XML |
| Introduced | The early 1980s, by Ashton-Tate (dBase) | 2007, by Microsoft |
| Opens in | Excel, LibreOffice, Access, GIS software and many accounting programs | Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, LibreOffice Calc |
| Best for | Legacy database tables and the attribute tables of shapefiles | Spreadsheets with formulas, formatting and several sheets |
| File extension | .dbf | .xlsx |
No. The DBF to XLSX conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The values are kept. Anything XLSX has no way to express, such as formatting, formulas or nesting, is simplified or left out.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the DBF file, press Convert and save the XLSX. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Binary data files up to 150 MB are accepted; a larger file is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.