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ADD YOUR YAML
Drop the YAML file into the box above or choose it from your device.
YAML → XLS / online converter
YAML to XLS Converter
Save a YAML list as an Excel 97-2003 file for older software. Each item becomes a row.
01 / how to
How to convert YAML to XLS
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CONVERT TO XLS
XLS is already selected. Press Convert and wait a few seconds.
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DOWNLOAD
Save the finished XLS file. The original is deleted from our server.
02 / what you get
What happens to your data
Kept
- A list of mappings becomes the records, with the keys of each mapping as fields
- Anchors and aliases are resolved, so repeated values are written out in full
- A clean Excel 97-2003 workbook with one sheet, where plain numbers are real numeric cells you can sum and sort
Good to know
- Only one YAML document per file is supported; a file with several documents separated by --- fails.
- Comments are not part of the data and are dropped.
- The XLS format holds at most 65,536 rows and 256 columns per sheet, and the result is plain values on one sheet named Sheet1 with no formulas or styles.
- Nested objects and lists cannot sit in a table cell, so they are written into the cell as JSON text, for example {"city":"Lviv"}.
03 / formats
YAML vs XLS
YAML
A YAML file stores structured data in a clean, indentation-based format designed to be easy for humans to read and write. It's the go-to format for configuration files, so you'll often need to edit or convert one when setting up developer tools.
Used in: Docker · CI/CD pipelines · Kubernetes configs
XLS
An XLS file is the older Excel workbook format (Excel 97-2003). It still turns up in old exports and archives. Converting it gives you the first sheet as plain data (JSON keeps every sheet), or a modern XLSX.
Used in: Legacy Excel files · Old exports · Archives
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Have a different file? Open the main converter — it detects the format for you.