AEA Converter

Convert AEA files online for free


Drop or upload your .AEA file
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How to convert your AEA file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AEA file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert AEA to another file type

The converter easily converts your AEA file to various formats - free and online. No Windows Backup or extra software needed.

  • AEA to BAK
  • AEA to BACKUP
  • AEA to OLD
  • AEA to TMP
  • AEA to TEMP
  • AEA to ARC
  • AEA to ZIP
  • AEA to TAR
  • AEA to GZ
  • AEA to 7Z
  • AEA to RAR
  • AEA to ISO

Convert a file to AEA

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Compressed formats to AEA with high quality output.

  • SNAPSHOT to AEA
  • OLD to AEA
  • IMG to AEA
  • RESTORE to AEA
  • ISO to AEA
  • COPY to AEA
  • VMDK to AEA
  • TMP to AEA
  • VHD to AEA
  • BAK to AEA
  • ARCHIVE to AEA
  • BACKUP to AEA

About AEA files

The .AEA extension primarily identifies an Apple Encrypted Archive, a high-performance proprietary container format introduced by Apple for macOS and iOS internals. Unlike standard ZIP files, these archives utilize LZFSE compression and strong encryption to secure system assets, firmware updates (such as iOS 18 .dmg.aea files), and user backups. A common problem for users is that .AEA files are opaque to standard utilities like WinZip or 7-Zip on Windows, and even on macOS, they often require command-line tools (aa or aea) to decrypt and extract.

In a marketing context, this file is a Google Ads Editor Archive (formerly AdWords Editor Archive). These are backup files generated by Google Ads Editor containing campaign drafts, keywords, and unposted changes. While users often want to convert these to CSV or XLSX to view data in Excel, the file is designed to be re-imported directly into the Google Ads software for restoration.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your AEA file.

Users also converted IM4P, IPSW, DMG, AAE, VPD, EXO and WEBP files.



The AEA 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 AEA converter.