[Link in Seconds](https://linkinseconds.com/) [Pricing](https://linkinseconds.com/pricing) [Log in](https://linkinseconds.com/login)[Sign up free](https://linkinseconds.com/signup) XLSX viewer # Open XLSX fileswithout Excel XLSX has been Excel's default format since 2007: a zipped workbook that can hold many sheets, formulas, number formats, charts and cell styling. That richness is exactly why it is awkward to open anywhere else. On a phone it often lands in a preview that shows one sheet, a Chromebook pushes it into Google Sheets, and a Mac without Office opens it in Numbers with the layout shifted. Upload the workbook to Link in Seconds and the person you send it to gets a read-only table in the browser, one tab per sheet, with numbers formatted the way Excel saved them. Drop your file here Drop several at once and they become one album link Files up to 250 MB free· Free: every feature, 20 links, up to 250 MB · [Pro: unlimited links, bigger uploads](https://linkinseconds.com/pricing) To view an XLSX file without Excel, upload it to Link in Seconds and open the link in any browser. Every worksheet becomes a tab, each cell shows the value Excel last calculated and saved, and nobody can edit your numbers. It works on phones, Chromebooks and Macs with no Office license or account. Part of our guide to [File viewers](https://linkinseconds.com/viewer). 1 Drag in your PDF From your desktop or phone, any file works 1 / 4 creating your link… proposal.pdf 2.1 MB Drop to upload proposal.pdf2.1 MB appendix.pdf0.9 MB cover-letter.pdf0.3 MB Resume PDF Your link was just opened First view · 2 min after you sent it New 1 PDF · 2.1 MBOpens in the browser Opened·first view 2 min after sending By the numbers 2,200+ people sharing files 4,200+ links shared 15,000+ times opened To view an XLSX file without Excel, upload it to Link in Seconds and open the link in any browser. Every worksheet becomes a tab, each cell shows the value Excel last calculated and saved, and nobody can edit your numbers. It works on phones, Chromebooks and Macs with no Office license or account. Part of our guide to [File viewers](https://linkinseconds.com/viewer). ## How it works - 1 ### Save the workbook one last time The preview shows the results stored in the file, so press save in Excel after your final edit to write the latest formula values into it. Then sign in with Google and upload the .xlsx (up to 250 MB on the free plan). - 2 ### Check the sheet tabs Open your link once. Each worksheet appears as a named tab above the grid, in the same order as in Excel, and the first row stays pinned while you scroll down. - 3 ### Send the link instead of the file Paste the short link into an email, Slack or WhatsApp. The reader taps it and sees the table. Turn downloads off if you only want them to look. ## Every worksheet keeps its own tab A budget with a summary sheet and twelve monthly sheets stays a budget with thirteen tabs. The reader switches between them above the grid, sheet names included, so you never export each sheet separately or screenshot the one that matters. ## Formula results, not formula code Cells show what Excel displays: the total from =SUM(B2:B40), dates as dates, prices with their currency symbol. The formulas stay inside your file, which is usually what you want when you send pricing or a forecast to a client. ## Read-only on purpose This is a viewer, not an editor. Nobody with the link can type into a cell, re-sort your data or break a formula, and the original file is untouched. Fix a number later by replacing the file, and the same link shows the new version. ## Know whether the numbers were read Each link counts real opens and how far people scrolled through the grid, so you can tell whether a client got past the first screen of your quote. A password or an expiry date can be added on any plan. ## What the XLSX preview leaves out Charts, pictures and cell colors The preview is a clean data grid. Charts, images, conditional formatting colors and merged-cell layouts stay in the file but are not drawn in the browser. If the chart is the point, export it as a PDF or PNG and share that as well. Rows past 1,000 Each sheet shows its first 1,000 rows and 60 columns, with a note telling the reader there is more. If you allow downloads, they can open the full workbook from the menu. Workbooks locked with an open password An encrypted workbook can't be read in the browser, so the reader sees a download prompt instead of the table. Remove the password in Excel before uploading and protect the link with our password option instead. ## Frequently asked questions Still stuck? [Ask us directly](https://linkinseconds.com/contact) and a real person answers. We display the result that was saved inside the file and never recalculate. If a script or export tool wrote the XLSX without cached results, or calculation was set to manual, those cells can be stale or blank. Open the file in Excel, save it, and upload it again. Yes. The link opens in Safari or Chrome like any web page, with a tab for each sheet. Wide sheets scroll sideways, and a fullscreen button gives the grid the whole screen. Yes. The recipient only needs a browser. Nothing is imported into Google Sheets or Numbers, so the workbook is not converted on the way and the values stay as you saved them. Nobody can change it. Downloading is your call: leave it on and the menu offers the original XLSX, or make the link view-only and the download option disappears. XLSX is the zipped XML format Excel has used since 2007. XLS is the older binary format of Excel 97 to 2003. Both preview here with a tab per sheet; the XLS page covers the quirks of legacy files. ## Keep reading [Which way should you send this file? 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