diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/DocumentService.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/DocumentService.java
index d0dd0184..14c05d38 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/DocumentService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/DocumentService.java
@@ -174,43 +174,6 @@ public class DocumentService {
         return documentRepository.save(doc);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Wird vom Excel-Service aufgerufen für jede Zeile.
-     */
-    @Transactional
-    public void updateOrCreateFromExcel(String filename, LocalDate date, String location, String transcription,
-            boolean overwrite) {
-        Optional<Document> existingOpt = documentRepository.findByOriginalFilename(filename);
-
-        Document doc;
-        if (existingOpt.isPresent()) {
-            doc = existingOpt.get();
-            log.info("Excel-Import: Aktualisiere Metadaten für {}", filename);
-
-            // Logik: Nur überschreiben, wenn Feld leer ist ODER overwrite=true gesetzt ist
-            if (doc.getDocumentDate() == null || overwrite) {
-                doc.setDocumentDate(date);
-            }
-            if (doc.getLocation() == null || overwrite) {
-                doc.setLocation(location);
-            }
-            if (doc.getTranscription() == null || overwrite) {
-                doc.setTranscription(transcription);
-            }
-        } else {
-            log.info("Excel-Import: Erstelle Platzhalter für {}", filename);
-            doc = Document.builder()
-                    .originalFilename(filename)
-                    .title(filename) // Vorläufiger Titel
-                    .status(DocumentStatus.PLACEHOLDER)
-                    .documentDate(date)
-                    .location(location)
-                    .transcription(transcription)
-                    .build();
-        }
-        documentRepository.save(doc);
-    }
-
     // 1. Allgemeine Suche (für das Suchfeld im Frontend)
     public List<Document> searchDocuments(String text, LocalDate from, LocalDate to, UUID sender, UUID reciever, List<String> tags) {
         log.info("Tags", tags);
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/ExcelService.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/ExcelService.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 219fbd30..00000000
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/service/ExcelService.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.service;
-
-import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
-import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
-
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.ZoneId;
-
-@Service
-@RequiredArgsConstructor
-@Slf4j
-public class ExcelService {
-
-    private final DocumentService documentService;
-
-    // Wir lesen die Konfiguration ein (mit Defaults, falls nichts in properties steht)
-    @Value("${app.import.excel.col.filename:0}")
-    private int colFilename;
-
-    @Value("${app.import.excel.col.date:1}")
-    private int colDate;
-
-    @Value("${app.import.excel.col.location:2}")
-    private int colLocation;
-
-    @Value("${app.import.excel.col.transcription:3}")
-    private int colTranscription;
-
-    public void importExcel(MultipartFile file, boolean overwrite) {
-        try (InputStream is = file.getInputStream();
-             Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(is)) {
-
-            Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
-            log.info("Starte Excel Import mit Mapping: File={}, Date={}, Loc={}, Text={}", 
-                     colFilename, colDate, colLocation, colTranscription);
-
-            for (int i = 1; i <= sheet.getLastRowNum(); i++) {
-                Row row = sheet.getRow(i);
-                if (row == null) continue;
-
-                // Wir nutzen jetzt die dynamischen Index-Variablen
-                String filename = getCellValueAsString(row.getCell(colFilename));
-                if (filename == null || filename.isBlank()) {
-                    continue; 
-                }
-
-                LocalDate date = null;
-                Cell dateCell = row.getCell(colDate);
-                if (dateCell != null && dateCell.getCellType() == CellType.NUMERIC && DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(dateCell)) {
-                    date = dateCell.getDateCellValue().toInstant()
-                            .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toLocalDate();
-                }
-
-                String location = getCellValueAsString(row.getCell(colLocation));
-                String transcription = getCellValueAsString(row.getCell(colTranscription));
-
-                documentService.updateOrCreateFromExcel(filename, date, location, transcription, overwrite);
-            }
-
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Fehler beim Excel Import", e);
-            throw new RuntimeException("Excel konnte nicht verarbeitet werden: " + e.getMessage());
-        }
-    }
-
-    private String getCellValueAsString(Cell cell) {
-        if (cell == null) return null;
-        return switch (cell.getCellType()) {
-            case STRING -> cell.getStringCellValue();
-            case NUMERIC -> String.valueOf((int) cell.getNumericCellValue());
-            case BOOLEAN -> String.valueOf(cell.getBooleanCellValue());
-            default -> "";
-        };
-    }
-}
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