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TSV to CSV Converter

Input · TSV
Output · CSV
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TSV to CSV

Convert TSV to CSV. Paste TSV on the left; the CSV output builds on the right as you type.

A tab-separated file with a header row and a few data rows converts to the same header and rows joined by commas instead of tabs, with quoting reapplied wherever a cell needs it under CSV’s rules. Both formats share one tabular codec internally, so the row data itself never changes, only the character between fields.

Quoting differs by delimiter

TSV quotes a cell when it contains a literal tab, a double quote, or a line break. CSV quotes for the same three reasons but checks for a comma instead of a tab. A cell like "Boston, MA" needs quotes once it’s CSV, because of the comma, even if the same cell in the TSV source didn’t need quoting at all.

Header and no-header files

With Header row on, the default, the first line’s cells become each row’s keys internally before the CSV output is built with the same names. Turn it off for a TSV export with no header line, and rows convert as plain arrays; the resulting CSV also has no header row.

Coming back the other way

To go from comma-separated back to tab-separated, use the CSV to TSV converter; both directions run through the exact same parser and serializer.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Every cell's value carries over exactly; only the separator between fields changes from a tab to a comma, and quoting is re-applied based on CSV's own rules.

A cell containing a literal comma, a double quote, or a line break needs quoting in CSV even if the same cell didn't need quoting in TSV, since TSV only quotes for a literal tab, quote, or line break.

Turn off Header row and each line becomes a plain array of values internally instead of an object with named fields; the CSV output then has no header line either.

No. Columns keep the exact order they had in the source TSV; converting delimiters doesn't reorder anything.

Some export tools, database dumps, and older bioinformatics formats default to tab-separated output. Most spreadsheet software and general-purpose data tools expect comma-separated CSV, so this conversion is usually about matching what the next tool in the pipeline accepts.

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