Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ACCDB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ACCDB to another file type
To convert ACCDB databases to another format, you need Microsoft Access or other Database software.
Convert a file to ACCDB
To convert other file formats to the "Access Database File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Access or a similar tool.
About ACCDB files
The .ACCDB file is a database file created by Microsoft Access. It stores data in tables, along with forms, queries, and reports using the proprietary JetDB engine. Users often need to convert .ACCDB files because they are tightly locked into the Microsoft ecosystem. Opening these files requires a paid subscription to Microsoft 365. Furthermore, Microsoft Access is not available natively on macOS, making these databases useless for Apple users without virtualization. They are also prone to corruption when shared over a network or when they exceed the strict 2GB file size limit. The most common conversion targets are CSV and XLSX for tabular data analysis, or SQL for migrating to robust relational database systems like MySQL or PostgreSQL. Keep in mind that converting an .ACCDB file usually extracts the raw table data but permanently drops UI elements like custom forms, macros, and reports. This is a closed, proprietary format. Standard online converters fail because reading the internal JetDB structure requires specialized Microsoft libraries. Even if full database migration requires the original software, our tool can inspect the file and show underlying text or embedded tables.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ACCDB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ACCDB file to MDB, PDF, CSV, SQL, SQLITE, ACCDE, DB, SQLITE3, DBF, ODB, FDB or GDB, you can use Microsoft Access or similar software from the "Relational Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to ACCDB, try Microsoft Access or another comparable tool in the "Relational Database Storage" category.
The ACCDB Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our ACCDB converter.