Host an Excel file and share it as a link
Put a .xlsx workbook online at its own address, so colleagues and clients can download the current version without you attaching it to another email.
Drop your Excel file here
Any other file works too — up to 25.0 MB, or 100.0 MB for a whole site
Free to use. Your XLSX file is live at your-name.99helpers.site in about ten seconds.
What is a .xlsx file?
XLSX is the default Excel format introduced with Office 2007. Like .docx it's a ZIP archive of XML files, holding the cells, formulas, charts and formatting of every sheet in the workbook. It replaced the older binary .xls and is read by every modern spreadsheet program.
What people use XLSX files for
- Budgets, forecasts and financial models
- Data exports handed to a client or colleague
- Trackers and planning sheets a team fills in
- Price lists and product catalogues
- Reporting packs circulated monthly
What opens a XLSX file
- Microsoft Excel on desktop, web and mobile
- Google Sheets, which imports and exports .xlsx
- Apple Numbers and LibreOffice Calc
- Power BI, Tableau and most analysis tools
How to host a XLSX file
- 1
Drop your XLSX file in
Drag it onto the box at the top of this page, or click to choose it. Files up to 25 MB are supported, and nothing is uploaded until you publish.
- 2
Pick an address
Type a name and we'll tell you straight away whether it's free. That becomes the link: q3-budget.99helpers.site
- 3
Publish and share
Create a free account — that step exists so the file is yours to update, replace or delete — and the link is live within seconds.
What happens when someone opens the link
The workbook downloads and opens in Excel or whatever spreadsheet program the reader uses. Browsers don't render spreadsheets in place, so this is the standard behaviour everywhere on the web.
Why host a XLSX file instead of emailing it?
Spreadsheets are the worst offenders for version confusion: email one out and within a day there are five copies with different numbers. A hosted link is one file at one address — when the figures change you republish, and everyone's link now shows the current version instead of last month's.
Worth knowing before you publish
- Check for hidden sheets, filtered rows and stale formula results before publishing — spreadsheets carry more than what's on screen.
- Workbooks with external links or connections to internal databases won't refresh for anyone outside your network.
- If people only need to read the numbers, exporting the key sheet to PDF or CSV makes it far more accessible.
- Financial and personal data shouldn't go on a public link, since anyone with the address can download it.
XLSX hosting questions
- Can people view the spreadsheet in the browser?
- No — no browser renders .xlsx in place, so it downloads and opens in Excel, Sheets or Numbers. If in-browser viewing matters, export the sheet to CSV, which displays as text, or to PDF, which opens in the browser directly.
- How do I share an Excel file without OneDrive or Google Drive?
- Upload it here and share the address. Nobody needs an account, there are no sharing permissions to configure, and the link works on any device.
- Do formulas and charts survive?
- Yes. The file is served exactly as uploaded, so it's identical to opening the original — formulas, charts, pivot tables and formatting all intact.
- Can I update the numbers later?
- Publish the new workbook to the same address. The link doesn't change, and previous versions are kept so you can roll back if you overwrite the wrong one.
- Is it safe to host a spreadsheet with company data?
- Only if you'd be comfortable with it being public. Anyone holding the link can download the file, so anything confidential belongs somewhere with access control instead.
Put your XLSX file online now
It takes about ten seconds, and you only make an account once the file is ready to go live.