Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AZ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert AZ to another file type
To convert AZ archives to another format, you need 7-Zip or other Compressed software.
Convert a file to AZ
To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Archive File" file type, you need software like 7-Zip or a similar tool.
About AZ files
An .az file is a compressed archive format primarily used to store exported social media data or general compressed files. In professional contexts, these files are generated by Azure Social Engagement or the AZ Twitter Archiver to bundle large sets of social media analytics. Underneath the custom extension, these data dumps rely on standard GZIP compression. Alternatively, some .az files are simply 7z archives created by 7-Zip that have been renamed to bypass email filters or hide the file type. The primary disadvantage of the .az format is its lack of native recognition. Operating systems like Windows and macOS do not know how to handle the .az extension. This forces users to manually assign extraction software or rename the file to open it. It restricts simple double-click access and confuses standard file browsers. To fix this, users should convert or extract .az files into highly compatible formats like ZIP, TAR, or 7Z. Converting to ZIP ensures that any computer can open the archive without requiring a third-party application. Standard online converters often fail with .az files because they rely on file extensions rather than analyzing the file signature, leaving them unable to parse the hidden GZIP or 7z streams. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru; we identify the underlying format, inspect the internal file headers, and convert it to a standard archive when possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert AZ file to EST, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use 7-Zip or similar software from the "Data Compression and Archiving" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to AZ, try 7-Zip or another comparable tool in the "Data Compression and Archiving" category.
The AZ 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 AZ converter.