BOX Converter

Convert BOX files online for free


Drop or upload your .BOX file
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How to convert your BOX file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BOX file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert BOX to another file type

The converter easily converts your BOX file to various formats - free and online. No Word or extra software needed.

  • BOX to TEXT
  • BOX to TMP
  • BOX to TEMP
  • BOX to CACHE
  • BOX to LOG
  • BOX to BAK
  • BOX to OLD
  • BOX to NEW
  • BOX to PART
  • BOX to DOWNLOAD
  • BOX to CRDOWNLOAD
  • BOX to LOCK

Convert a file to BOX

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Data formats to BOX with high quality output.

  • DEVICE to BOX
  • CACHE to BOX
  • SOCK to BOX
  • SYMLINK to BOX
  • PID to BOX
  • MOUNT to BOX
  • FIFO to BOX
  • LOG to BOX
  • PIPE to BOX
  • TMP to BOX
  • JUNCTION to BOX
  • TEMP to BOX

About BOX files

The .box file extension is a prime example of a "container collision," where multiple unrelated software ecosystems use the same filename for entirely different purposes.

Common Use Cases & Conversion Needs

  1. Fimi Drone Flight Logs (Data): Used by Fimi drones (like the X8 Mini) to record flight telemetry.

    • The Problem: These are binary log files that cannot be read by standard text editors or spreadsheet software. Pilots often struggle to analyze flight paths or diagnose crashes without specialized tools.
    • The Solution: Convert these logs to CSV for analysis in Excel or to KML to visualize the flight path in Google Earth.

  2. Vagrant Base Boxes (Virtualization): Developed by HashiCorp, these files are actually GZIP compressed tarballs containing virtual machine images and metadata.

    • The Problem: Users often need to inspect the contents (like the Vagrantfile or VMDK disk image) without fully deploying the virtual machine, which requires installing Vagrant and a provider like VirtualBox.
    • The Solution: Since it is fundamentally a compressed archive, you can rename the extension to .TAR.GZ or use a converter to extract the contents into a standard folder structure.

  3. Foxmail Mailboxes (Email): An older format used by the Foxmail client to store email folders.

    • The Problem: Modern email clients like Outlook or web-based services cannot import these legacy files directly, leaving valuable communication history trapped in an obsolete format.
    • The Solution: Convert the mailbox container into individual EML files or a single PST file for easy migration to modern platforms.

  4. Security & System Files: A significant portion of .box files are encrypted containers generated by MSI Security BOX or installation packages for Microsoft SQL Server. These are strictly proprietary and generally cannot be converted to open formats, requiring the original software to access.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your BOX file.

Users also converted BOXNOTE, PDF _ POWERED BY BOX, MYO, DOCX, PDF, MBOX, HTML, ZIP, APPX, BIN, FILE and TEXT files.



The BOX 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 BOX converter.