Remove the lines above the header of a CSV export
Some exports of transactions start with lines that are not data: an account name, a date range, a note of when the file was made. An importer that expects the column names on the first line then takes the wrong row as the header, or rejects the file. Choose the file below: the page works in your browser, shows the first 20 cleaned rows and lists every line it left out, with the reason.
Clean your CSV export
The cleaner detects the delimiter (comma, semicolon or tab), looks for a header row with a date column and an amount column, and writes eight fixed columns, comma-delimited: date, description, amount, currency, fee, net, reference and source. It recognises common header names in English, Spanish, German and French, such as Date, Fecha, Buchungstag, Amount, Importe, Betrag and Montant.
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Exports do not share one layout, and this page makes no promise about yours: the free preview shows what it does to your file.
The cleaning logic is checked by an automated test script that runs the engine file of this site over six synthetic sample files and a set of checks of the parsing rules; it ran in a sandbox before this site was published and finished with no failed check. The script does not open this page in a browser, does not test the licence key step, and nothing was tested against a real export from any provider. Use the free preview to check your own file.
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Warnings
Lines not parsed
Lines dropped
Preview of the cleaned rows
| line | date | description | amount | currency | fee | net | reference | source |
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Download the full cleaned file
- Price: 6 USD, paid once on Gumroad. No subscription. You receive a licence key.
- What the key unlocks: the download of every cleaned row of the file you chose, as one CSV named after your file with -cleaned.csv at the end, instead of the first 20 rows on screen. The report and the way files are read stay the same.
- The key is for one buyer. Runs are not counted and no number of runs is promised. The key is kept in the memory of this page only, so you enter it again after closing or reloading the page.
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- Try the free preview first. If the preview cannot read your file, the full download cannot either.
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How the lines above the header are handled
- The header row is searched for, not assumed. The cleaner tries the first 50 rows of the file one by one and takes the first row that names a date column together with an amount column or with debit and credit columns. The report states the line it took.
- Lines above that row are dropped and listed. Each one appears under "Lines dropped" with its line number and its text, so nothing leaves the file silently.
- Blank lines are skipped and counted in the report.
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sep=line is handled the same way. When the first line is a spreadsheet delimiter hint, the cleaner uses the delimiter it names and lists the hint as a line above the header. - A header row repeated further down is skipped and counted.
- Closing lines with no date after the last transaction are dropped and listed as footer lines.
When no row carries header names the cleaner recognises, it guesses the columns from the data and says so in a warning. In that case it does not look for lines above a header.
The output is always the same eight columns (date, description, amount, currency, fee, net, reference and source), comma-delimited. Columns of your file that are not among them are not carried over, so this is a cleaner for files of transactions and not a general CSV editor.
By hand: open a copy of the file in a text editor, delete every line above the one with the column names and save it under a new name.
Notices
- Privacy: files are read in your browser and never uploaded, stored or logged. Operator: Augeo.
- Independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by Etsy, PayPal, QuickBooks or any bank.
- Check the output before you use it. This is not accounting, tax or financial advice.
- Price of the full download: 6 USD one-time. The key is for one buyer. Refunds are requested through the Gumroad receipt.
- Only upload data you have the right to process. Choosing a file here does not send it anywhere, but you remain responsible for the data in it.