Extract text from Database files (DATABASE)
To convert DATABASE Databases to another format, you need DB Browser for SQLite or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Relational Database File" file type, you need software like DB Browser for SQLite or a similar tool.
A .database file is a generic extension often used by developers to disguise or label standard structured data files. In the vast majority of cases (approx. 48%), this file is actually a standard SQLite database that has simply been renamed from db or sqlite to .database to fit a specific naming convention in Android apps, iOS apps, or desktop software. Less commonly, it may be a proprietary Absolute Database file created by ComponentAce components for Delphi applications.
Because the extension is non-standard, operating systems like Windows and macOS do not know how to open it by default. Users often encounter these files when digging through application data folders or game assets, only to find they cannot be opened in Microsoft Excel or Notepad. Attempting to edit them in a text editor results in garbled binary data and can corrupt the file. To use the data, you must identify the underlying format (usually SQLite) and convert it to a compatible format: CSV or XLSX for spreadsheet editing, SQL for database migration, or PDF for archiving reports.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DATABASE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DB, MDB, DBA, ACCDB, SQL, JSON, DB3, TXT, JPG, ZIP, RSK, EVENTS and DB4 files.
If you want to convert DATABASE file to JSON, CSV, PDF, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use DB Browser for SQLite or similar software from the "Structured Data Storage" 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 DATABASE, try DB Browser for SQLite or another comparable tool in the "Structured Data Storage" category.
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 DATABASE converter.