How to Easily Copy Web Data to Microsoft Excel

This guide provides simple instructions so you can easily copy web data – like a table – from a website and have it appear properly formatted on your Excel worksheet. You won’t have to try to copy/paste anymore to get data into Excel.

Excel can perform thousands of functions and narrowing down to the one you’re looking for can be daunting. Some items only appear after you’ve input data, while others may be buried in menus.

You may need to get data from a website – such as a pre-existing table – into an Excel worksheet so you can optimize and organize the data. Fortunately, Excel has a simple and easy method to get that data into your sheet without worrying about messing up the formatting.

Another big benefit of getting Web Data vs Copying and Pasting is that you can easily just Refresh your Excel workbook if the website makes an update, and then all your data will be automatically updated too since it’s pulling the info from a source.

Continue with the guide below to quickly copy or import Web Data into Microsoft Excel.

Copy Web Data into Excel – Simple steps

1. Access the website that has the data you want to copy into Excel.
2. Copy the website’s URL.
3. Open Excel (either a new file or existing one where you want the data).
4. Click the Data tab, then click Get Data.
5. Click From Other Sources, then click From the Web.
6. Paste the web address in the URL field, then click OK.
7. Click Anonymous, then Connect. Excel will connect to the website.
8. Select the web data (in the left column) that you want add to your worksheet, then click Load.
   • When you click an option, it will show a preview of the data so you can confirm it.
9. The data will load perfectly and cleanly into your Excel worksheet. You can now organize and format as needed.

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Copy Web Data into Excel – Guide with images

1) Access the website that has the data you want to copy into Excel.

2) Copy the website’s URL.

3) Open Excel (either a new file or existing one where you want the data).

4) Click the Data tab, then click Get Data.

5) Click From Other Sources, then click From the Web.

6) Paste the URL in the URL field, then click OK.

7) Click Anonymous, then Connect. Excel will connect to the website.

8) Select the web data that you want add to your worksheet, then click Load.

When you click an option, it will show a preview of the data so you can confirm it.

9) The data will load perfectly and cleanly into your Excel worksheet. You can now organize and format as needed.