Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AFX file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert AFX to another file type
The converter easily converts your AFX data files to various formats - free and online. No GnuCash or or other Data software needed.
AFX to PDF
AFX to JPG
AFX to PNG
AFX to GIF
AFX to BMP
AFX to TIFF
AFX to TIF
AFX to ICO
AFX to PSD
AFX to OTB
AFX to RPPM
AFX to 89I
Convert a file to AFX
To convert other file formats to the "Financial Exchange or Effect" file type, you need software like GnuCash or a similar tool.
About AFX files
The .AFX file extension is highly fragmented and used for entirely different purposes depending on the software environment. Primarily, it functions as a financial data exchange file conforming to the Open Financial Exchange standard, frequently utilized by open-source accounting platforms like GnuCash. Alternatively, it acts as a proprietary Photo/Graphic Edges image or photographic effects file developed by Auto FX Software, often used as a plugin asset within Adobe Photoshop. In niche cases, it serves as an XML-based animation fragment definition file for the Bethesda Creation Engine (editable in Autodesk 3ds Max) or a ZIP-compressed email archive generated by ArcaVir Antivirus.
The core disadvantage of the .AFX format is this extreme lack of standardization. Operating systems routinely fail to open .AFX files because they cannot guess which of the four unrelated formats the file actually contains. Financial variants are frustrating to review without dedicated accounting software. Auto FX graphical files rely on proprietary compression and outdated legacy plugins, meaning they are completely incompatible with modern web browsers, mobile devices, and standard image viewers.
To bypass these limitations, conversion is strictly necessary. For financial .AFX files, convert to CSV or XLSX to safely audit the data in any standard spreadsheet application. For Auto FX graphical files, convert to WebP or JPG for web publishing, or PDF for document archiving. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software. convert.guru will automatically detect the file's internal structure and route it to the optimal conversion engine.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your AFX file.
If you want to convert AFX file to WEBP, CUR or PSB, you can use GnuCash or similar software from the "Financial Data or Image Effects" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to AFX, try GnuCash or another comparable tool in the "Financial Data or Image Effects" category.
The AFX 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 AFX converter.