Convert TSV to CSV

Want to convert TSV file to CSV file?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop TSV to CSV converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Convert TSV to CSV, Easy and Fast.

• Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
• Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
• Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large TSV file(s) to online services.
• Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Convert TSV to CSV

Choose TSV file -> Set CSV file -> Convert TSV to CSV

“Start a New Convert” for “TSV to CSV”.

Select From “File” “TSV” To “File” “CSV”.

1. Open source TSV file.

Support large TSV file ( > 4GB ).

Source TSV file’s content is like this:

2. Config target CSV file.

3. Set rows options.

4. Convert TSV to CSV.

After converting, you can view the output CSV file.

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More about TSV to CSV converter

See also:

• Merge multiple TSV files into one CSV
• Batch convert TSV files to CSV files

TSV → CSV reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in TSV	in CSV
Text	unquoted; a tab in the value splits the column	quoted only when it contains a comma or a quote
Long text	unquoted; newlines break the row	must be quoted; line breaks inside force multi-line records
Binary	not representable	not representable - base64 or hex string
Boolean	TRUE / FALSE	TRUE / FALSE, or 1 / 0 depending on the writer
JSON	the whole JSON value as-is (its own quotes stay)	the whole JSON value quoted, with internal quotes doubled

Dialect differences

Both TSV and CSV are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in TSV	in CSV
identifiers	Rarely used, which is exactly why tabs in data break it	Double quotes; a literal quote is doubled ("" )
binary	Not supported - must be encoded	Not supported
separator	Tab	Comma ","
ceiling	No formal limit	No formal limit; row count bounded by memory

Convert TSV to CSV the easy way

Use the TSV to CSV converter — an offline desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Nothing to upload, large files and batch runs supported (free trial).

New to the format? Read what a TSV file is (and how it differs from CSV).