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TSV to XML converter, without the upload.

Turn TSV spreadsheets into XML. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

Drop TSV files here

or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V

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How to convert TSV to XML

  1. Add your TSV spreadsheets

    Drop TSV 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.

  2. XML is already chosen

    Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.

  3. Download

    Save the XML, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.

Why ToAny

  • Private by construction

    The TSV to XML converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your spreadsheets are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

  • No upload, no queue

    Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.

  • Free, without an account

    No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.

TSV to XML: what to expect

TSV is less widely recognised by double-click than CSV or XLSX. XML is what many feeds, enterprise systems and older integrations require. TSV is at home in tabular data whose values contain commas; XML is the usual choice for document-like data, feeds and enterprise systems.

The first row is read as column names, and every row after it becomes one <row> element, keyed by those names. A header such as address.city is turned back into a nested address with a city. Numbers and true/false in the cells are written as real numbers and booleans, but values such as ZIP codes with a leading zero, phone numbers and very long ids stay text so nothing is altered; empty cells become null.

TSV vs XML

TSV

TSV spreadsheet

TSV is the same idea as CSV with tabs between values, which avoids quoting problems when the data itself contains commas. It is common in scientific and export tooling.

Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, databases and any text editor

TSV converter
XML

XML data

XML wraps data in nested tags with attributes. It is verbose but strict, and remains the basis of RSS feeds, SVG, Office documents and many enterprise interfaces. Its attributes and mixed content have no exact equivalent in JSON.

Opens in Any text editor or browser

XML converter
TSV compared with XML
TSVTSV spreadsheetXMLXML data
Stands forTab-Separated ValuesExtensible Markup Language
TypePlain-text tableStructured data (text)
CompressionNoneNone
IntroducedThe 1970s, by no single author (registered with IANA in 1993)1998, by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Opens inExcel, Google Sheets, databases and any text editorAny text editor or browser
Best forTabular data whose values contain commasDocument-like data, feeds and enterprise systems
File extension.tsv, .tab.xml

Questions

Are my spreadsheets uploaded anywhere?

No. The TSV to XML conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.

Is anything lost when converting TSV to XML?

The values are kept. Anything XML has no way to express, such as formatting, formulas or nesting, is simplified or left out.

Can I convert several TSV files at once?

Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.

How do I convert TSV to XML on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?

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 TSV file, press Convert and save the XML. There is nothing to install.

Is there a file size limit?

Yes. Data files up to 300 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.