Having trouble opening a file on a mobile device? It's probably because it's been saved in a file format that Android, iOS, or Windows Mobile version of Excel doesn't support. Select the tab for your device and check the table to see if that's the case.
| File type |
Open and edit |
Open as read-only |
| Excel workbooks (.xlsx) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Excel workbooks (.xls) |
No |
Yes |
| Excel templates (.xltx) |
No |
No |
| Non-XML binary workbooks (.xlsb) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Comma-delimited (.csv) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled workbooks (.xlsm) |
Yes
VBA functions won't run. |
Yes |
| OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods) |
No |
Yes |
| Excel templates (.xlt) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled templates (.xltm) |
No |
No |
| Macro-enabled add-ins (.xla and .xlam) |
No |
No |
| Extensible markup language (.xml) |
No |
No |
| Data interchange format (.dif) |
No |
No |
| Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) |
No |
No |
| Web pages (.mht) |
No |
No |
| Printable files (.prn) |
No |
No |
| Symbolic link files (.slk and .sylk) |
No |
No |
| Plain text file (.txt) |
No |
No |
| Binary interchange file formats (Biff2, Biff3, Biff 4, Biff 5) |
No |
No |
| File type |
Open and edit |
Open as Read-Only |
| Excel workbooks (.xlsx) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Excel workbooks (.xls) |
No |
Yes |
| Excel templates (.xltx) |
No |
Yes |
| Non-XML binary workbooks (.xlsb) |
No |
Yes |
| Comma-delimited (.csv) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled workbooks (.xlsm) |
Yes
VBA functions won't run. |
Yes |
| OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods) |
No |
Yes |
| Excel templates (.xlt) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled templates (.xltm) |
No |
No |
| Macro-enabled add-ins (.xla and .xlam) |
No |
No |
| Extensible markup language (.xml) |
No |
No |
| Data interchange format (.dif) |
No |
No |
| Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) |
No |
No |
| Web pages (.mht) |
No |
No |
| Printable files (.prn) |
No |
No |
| Symbolic link files (.slk and .sylk) |
No |
No |
| Plain text file (.txt) |
No |
No |
| Binary interchange file formats (Biff2, Biff3, Biff 4, Biff 5) |
No |
No |
| File type |
Open and edit |
Open as read-only |
| Excel workbooks (.xlsx) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Excel workbooks (.xls) |
No |
Yes |
| Non-XML binary workbooks (.xlsb) |
No |
Yes |
| Comma-delimited (.csv) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled workbooks (.xlsm) |
Yes
VBA functions won't run. |
Yes |
| OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods) |
No |
Yes |
| Excel templates (.xlt) |
No |
Yes |
| Macro-enabled templates (.xltm) |
No |
No |
| Macro-enabled add-ins (.xla and .xlam) |
No |
No |
| Extensible markup language (.xml) |
No |
No |
| Data interchange format (.dif) |
No |
No |
| Hypertext markup language (.htm, .html) |
No |
No |
| Web pages (.mht) |
No |
No |
| Printable files (.prn) |
No |
No |
| Symbolic link files (.slk and .sylk) |
No |
No |
| Plain text file (.txt) |
No |
No |
| Binary interchange file formats (Biff2, Biff3, Biff 4, Biff 5) |
No |
No |
