Text Column Extractor
Extract specific columns from delimited text, pasted tables, TSV, CSV-style rows, and structured plain text instantly.
Extract selected columns from text
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About this tool
Text Column Extractor helps you pull specific columns from structured text such as TSV, CSV-like rows, pasted tables, logs, exports, and delimited lists. It is useful when you want to keep only selected fields from each row without manually editing every line.
How to use Text Column Extractor
- Paste your structured text into the input area.
- Choose the delimiter type or enter a custom delimiter.
- Enter the columns you want to extract using column numbers such as 1, 3, 5.
- Choose whether the first row is a header and whether to keep empty rows.
- Click Extract Columns and review the cleaned output, preview, and summary before copying or downloading.
Why use Text Column Extractor?
Text Column Extractor is useful when working with copied tables, TSV data, logs, CRM exports, spreadsheets, and plain text rows. It saves time by rebuilding only the fields you need and helps reduce messy data before reuse.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Text Column Extractor do?
It keeps only the selected columns from each row of delimited text and rebuilds a cleaner output.
Can I choose multiple columns?
Yes. You can enter several column numbers such as 1, 3, 5 to keep multiple fields.
Can it work with tab-separated text?
Yes. It supports tabs, commas, pipes, semicolons, spaces, and custom delimiters.
Does it work only with CSV files?
No. It works with many kinds of delimited text, not just CSV.