Extract text from CPQ files
To convert your CPQ file to another format, you need CopyQ or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Clipboard Archive" file type, you need software like CopyQ or a similar tool.
The .CPQ file extension is primarily the native data export format for CopyQ, an advanced open-source clipboard manager. These files function as containers for exported clipboard tabs, storing a history of copied items which can include plain text, HTML snippets, images, and custom metadata. Users typically encounter these files when backing up their clipboard history or migrating their workflow between machines (e.g., Windows to Linux).
The main challenge with .CPQ files is that they are proprietary archives meant effectively only for the CopyQ import engine. They are not standard text files you can double-click to read in Notepad or Word. If you need to recover a lost password, a snippet of code, or a specific image from an old backup without reinstalling the software, the data is essentially locked. Furthermore, because CopyQ supports rich content, a single .CPQ file often contains mixed MIME types - binary image data intermingled with text - making manual parsing nearly impossible.
For practical access, these files should be converted based on the content you need. To retrieve text snippets or code blocks, converting to TXT is ideal. For archiving rich text with formatting, HTML or PDF is preferred. If you are a developer needing to parse the clipboard history programmatically (e.g., for data analysis), converting to JSON or XML preserves the structured metadata, timestamps, and MIME types found in the original archive.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CPQ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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