Split Text by Delimiter — Extract Column
Split text by comma, tab, pipe, or any delimiter and extract a specific column. Free online column extractor and text splitter.
Three steps to get started
Paste your delimited data
Paste CSV, TSV, pipe-separated, or any delimited text — one row per line.
Set delimiter and column
Choose your delimiter (or click a preset) and enter the column number you want to extract.
Copy the extracted column
The selected column appears in the output. Copy or download it as a plain text list.
Extract any column from delimited text in seconds
Structured data — CSV exports, log files, TSV tables, pipe-separated records — often contains multiple columns when you only need one. This tool lets you split any delimited text and pull out exactly the column you need, without opening a spreadsheet application.
Typical workflows:
- Extracting email addresses from a CSV export of users (e.g., column 3)
- Pulling product names from a tab-separated inventory file
- Isolating error codes from structured log lines separated by pipes
- Getting just the first or last name column from a full name/email list
- Extracting the value side from "key: value" configuration data
The tool automatically detects how many columns each line contains and shows you the maximum. You can choose from preset delimiters (comma, tab, pipe, semicolon, colon, space) or enter any custom delimiter string. Column numbers are 1-based, so column 1 is always the first field.
Everything runs in your browser. No file uploads, no account required, no data ever leaves your device.