Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FILE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FILE to another file type
To convert your FILE file to another format, you need Web Browsers or other Other software.
Convert a file to FILE
To convert other file formats to the "Unclassified Data Container" file type, you need software like Web Browsers or a similar tool.
About FILE files
A .file extension is a generic designation often assigned by web browsers, download managers, or operating systems when a file's specific format cannot be determined or was lost during transfer. While sometimes associated with specific applications like Hike Messenger - where it serves as an internal media container - or the Blackboard Learn platform as a compressed download wrapper, the file itself is a "black box" to most users. The primary disadvantage of this format is its ambiguity; without a proper extension (like DOCX or PNG), neither Windows nor macOS knows which software to launch, rendering the content inaccessible. Users frequently encounter .file files that are actually valid JPG images, ZIP archives, or PDF documents masquerading under a generic name. To restore access, the underlying file signature must be identified. For web use or viewing, the best approach is to identify the true format and convert it to PDF (for documents), JPG (for images), or extract it if it is a ZIP archive.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FILE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FILE file to PDF, JPG, MP3, MP4, JPEG, PNG, ZIP, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG or BAK, you can use Web Browsers or similar software from the "Generic Data Placeholder" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to FILE, try Web Browsers or another comparable tool in the "Generic Data Placeholder" category.
The FILE 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 FILE converter.