DUM Converter

Extract text from Dump files and scans (DUM)

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Drop or upload your .DUM file

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How to extract text from your DUM file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DUM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DUM to another file type

To convert DUM Dump files to another format, you need My Scans or other System software.

Convert a file to DUM

To convert other file formats to the "Crash Dump File" file type, you need software like My Scans or a similar tool.

About DUM files

The .DUM file extension is a generic label primarily used for Dump files - snapshots of program memory or crash data generated by system debugging tools like Microsoft Visual Studio. These files are crucial for developers diagnosing software crashes but are effectively useless gibberish to the average user. They typically contain raw binary data or hexadecimal code that requires specialized debugging software to interpret.

However, a significant number of users encounter .DUM files in a completely different context: as mistakenly named document scans. The My Scans mobile app and similar scanning tools occasionally save or export scanned documents with a .dum extension instead of the standard PDF or JPG. In these cases, the file is a perfectly valid document or image hidden behind the wrong label. Opening them is a source of major friction; double-clicking usually results in an "Unknown File Type" error.

Best Conversion Targets:

For My Scans/Documents: Convert to PDF (Portable Document Format) to restore the document structure or JPG for easy image viewing.
For System Dumps: Convert to TXT if you need to view the raw crash logs in a text editor like Notepad++, though true debugging requires keeping the original format.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DUM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted DUMP, DMP, 23, 08 and 2022 files.

FAQ

If you want to convert DUM file to , you can use My Scans or similar software from the "System Memory Dump" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to DUM, try My Scans or another comparable tool in the "System Memory Dump" category.

The DUM 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 DUM converter.