Put the columns of a CSV in the order an import form or template expects
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Checked against sources on 17 Oct 2026.Import forms often reject a file only because the columns are in a different order from their template. Drop the CSV or Excel file here, move each column up or down until it matches, rename any header the importer expects to read differently, and preview the first rows before downloading. Nothing in the data changes except where each column sits and what it is called.
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Adjust the options and check the preview.
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A spreadsheet export rarely has exactly the columns the next step needs. An import form wants five columns in a fixed order; a report from a shop or bank has forty, half of them empty. Doing this in a text editor breaks quoted fields, and opening a large CSV in Excel can change numbers such as phone numbers and long IDs.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Delete columns | Untick them |
| Delete every empty column | One press; the count is shown |
| Change the order | Up and down arrows on each column |
| Rename a header | Type in the column's box |
| Start over | Reset |
What does not change. Values are copied exactly, cell by cell. A CSV is written back with its own delimiter, comma, semicolon, tab or pipe, and with proper quoting, so values containing commas, quotes or line breaks stay whole. An Excel file comes back as an .xlsx, with the numbers, dates and number formats of the kept columns unchanged; formulas are saved as their results.
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Drop the CSV on CSV Column Editor. Every column is listed with a sample value; untick the ones to delete and watch the preview change. Press Download and the new CSV keeps every other column, its delimiter and its quoting exactly as before.
Open the file here and use the up and down arrows beside each column until the list matches the order you need, for example an import template. The preview shows the first rows in the new order, and Download saves the rearranged file.
Yes. Type a new name in any column's box and the header row of the download uses it. The page warns when two kept columns would end up with the same name, which many importers and databases reject.
No. Values are copied exactly as text from a CSV, so a phone number such as 0044 or an ID such as 00123 keeps its zeros, and long numbers are not turned into scientific notation the way opening the file in Excel can.
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