Extract text from AVATAR files
To convert your AVATAR file to another format, you need Unity or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Character Model Asset" file type, you need software like Unity or a similar tool.
A .AVATAR file is a generic extension used by various applications to store virtual character data, most notably within Unity-based environments like VRChat and streaming tools like Animaze.
For VRChat and Unity developers, this file is typically a compiled AssetBundle containing 3D meshes, textures, shaders, and bone rigging. These are binary, proprietary files (often starting with the UnityFS header) that cannot be opened directly in 3D modeling software like Blender or Autodesk Maya. Users often struggle with these files because they are locked to the specific game engine version or platform (e.g., PC vs. Quest) and require decompilation to access the raw assets.
Alternatively, Animaze by Holotech Studios uses the .avatar extension as a container (often a renamed ZIP or custom archive) for Live2D or 3D models. In rarer cases, mobile devices (like older Samsung Android phones) or IMVU may use .avatar for simple renamed JPG or PNG contact images.
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Convert.Guru analyzes your AVATAR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CCAVATAR, IAVATAR, XAVATAR, PNG, VRM, JPG, DAT, FBX, WEBP, ZIP, QUEST and ANIME files.
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 AVATAR converter.