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Your CSV is broken.

broken-data.csv
4 issues detected
#ABC
1"Name";"Age";"City"
2John25(empty)
3Müller42München
4·Sophie··28··Lyon·

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Encoding fixed

ä → ä

Columns split

1 col → 3

Cleaned up

trim · dedup

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Common CSV problems

Why is my CSV not opening in Excel?

When you double-click a CSV file and Excel shows gibberish, one long column, or an error — it's almost always one of three things:

  1. The file uses a different column separator than Excel expects
  2. There's an invisible character at the start making the first column unreadable
  3. The file was saved in a different text format, so special characters show up as garbage

You don't need to know which one. Drop the file above — we detect and fix it in one click.

CSV opens in one column in Excel — how to fix

This is the most common CSV problem. All your data is crammed into column A.

It happens because the file uses semicolons or tabs instead of commas, and your version of Excel doesn't know how to split them.

The usual fix: Data → Text to Columns → choose the right separator. Or just drop the file here and we'll convert it automatically.

Garbled characters in CSV — weird symbols instead of text

Seeing ä instead of ä? That means the file was saved in one text format but opened in another.

This is extremely common with files from European or Asian systems. Customer names, addresses, product descriptions — any text with accents gets scrambled.

Drop the file here. We detect the correct format and convert everything so it displays properly.

How to fix a broken CSV file (fast)

The manual way: open in Notepad, search Google, try five things, give up and ask IT.

The fast way: drop the file here. We scan for 14 types of problems — columns, text format, invisible characters, empty rows, duplicates — then fix everything with one click. Takes seconds, not minutes.

FAQ

Is this safe? Where does my data go?

Nowhere. Everything runs in your browser. Your file never leaves your computer. You can verify this by checking the Network tab in your browser — zero data is sent anywhere.

Why is my CSV all in one column?

Your file uses a different column separator than your program expects. For example, files from European systems use semicolons instead of commas. We detect the right separator and convert it.

What kinds of problems can this fix?

Column separation issues, garbled text (like ä instead of ä), empty rows, duplicate rows, extra spaces, invisible characters, and more — 14 types of problems total.

How big of a file can I fix?

Tested with 200,000+ rows. Files up to 100 MB are supported — above that, browser memory starts to matter. Everything runs in your browser, no upload.

Does it work with Google Sheets / Numbers / LibreOffice?

Yes. The fixed file is a standard CSV that works in all spreadsheet programs.

What if my file has non-English characters?

That's the single most common reason people come here. German umlauts, French accents, Japanese kanji — the file is fine, your computer is just reading it with the wrong encoding. We fix it.