Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AES file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert AES to another file type
To convert AES files to another format, you need AES Crypt or other Encoded software.
Convert a file to AES
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Archive" file type, you need software like AES Crypt or a similar tool.
About AES files
The .AES file extension is primarily used as an encrypted file container utilizing the Advanced Encryption Standard. Software like AES Crypt and OpenSSL lock files with a password and save them with this extension. Alternatively, Google Ads Editor uses the .AES extension for backup files containing ad campaign data, which are actually disguised ZIP archives. Users often need to convert these files because they cannot open them natively on Windows or macOS. The major disadvantage of an .AES file is that it is completely inaccessible without the correct password. Standard web browsers and regular file viewers cannot read the encrypted contents. This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because standard online converters fail against modern encryption, reading the file as corrupted binary data. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, like a Google Ads Editor archive, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AES file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert AES file to BASE64, HEX, BIN, ENC, CRYPT, DES, RSA, PGP, GPG, ASC, KEY or PEM, you can use AES Crypt or similar software from the "Encrypted File Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert CER, BIN, PEM, DER, KEY, P7S, PFX, ENC, P12, BASE64, P7B or HEX files to AES, try AES Crypt or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted File Container" category.
The AES 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 AES converter.