ATE Converter

Extract text from AutoTouch scripts (ATE)

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Drop or upload your .ATE file

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How to extract text from your ATE file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ATE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert ATE to another file type

To convert ATE scripts to another format, you need AutoTouch or other Developer software.

Convert a file to ATE

To convert other file formats to the "Automation Script Archive" file type, you need software like AutoTouch or a similar tool.

About ATE files

The .ATE file extension is most frequently associated with AutoTouch, a popular macro recording tool for iOS and Android devices. These files serve as automation script packages that store recorded touch inputs, gestures, and Lua code used to automate mobile tasks. Internally, an .ATE file is often a ZIP archive containing the main script (main.lua) and asset resources.

Users often need to convert these files to view or edit the code on a desktop environment, as AutoTouch is mobile-only. A common friction point is that while the container is a ZIP, the contents may be encrypted or compiled, preventing direct editing without the original app or a decryption tool. Simply renaming the extension from .ATE to ZIP allows users to inspect the file structure on Windows or macOS, though the code itself may remain obfuscated.

Secondary Formats:

Microsoft Office Accounting Backup: A compressed backup format from the discontinued Microsoft Office Accounting software. These files are proprietary and difficult to open without the original legacy software (.SBB or .SBA are more common, but .ATE was used for specific compression states).
Acland's Anatomy Atlas: Used as a 'test file' or quiz data container for anatomy learning software like Complete Anatomy.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Editing: Rename to ZIP to extract, then convert inner scripts to LUA or TXT.
For Office Data: Restore in the legacy application and export to XLSX (Excel) or CSV.

Convert.Guru analyzes your ATE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ATI, SBB and MIG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert ATE file to BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z, RAR or ISO, you can use AutoTouch or similar software from the "Mobile Automation Script Package" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to ATE, try AutoTouch or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Automation Script Package" category.

The ATE 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 ATE converter.