Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EMZ file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert EMZ to another file type
The converter easily converts your EMZ file to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft Office or or other Vector Image software needed.
EMZ to EMF
EMZ to FPX
EMZ to JP2
EMZ to FLIF
EMZ to WIC
EMZ to JPM
EMZ to LWF
EMZ to JBG
EMZ to JPX
EMZ to ECW
EMZ to WEBP
EMZ to J2K
Convert a file to EMZ
To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Metafile" file type, you need software like Microsoft Office or a similar tool.
About EMZ files
A .EMZ file is a Windows Compressed Enhanced Metafile, essentially a standard EMF vector graphic that has been compressed using the GZIP algorithm to reduce storage space. These files are ubiquitous in the Microsoft Office ecosystem, often created when inserting clipart or vector shapes into Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, or Outlook emails.
While efficient for storage within Windows applications, .EMZ files create significant friction for users outside that environment. Because they are compressed wrappers, standard image viewers and web browsers cannot display them directly. Users on macOS, Linux, or mobile devices often find these files impossible to open without third-party tools like XnView or by manually decompressing the file using utilities like 7-Zip. Furthermore, being a Microsoft-centric format, they lack native support in modern design tools like Adobe Illustrator.
To make the content accessible, the best workflow is conversion. For general viewing, web publishing, or inserting into non-Microsoft documents, convert .EMZ to PNG or JPG. If you need to preserve the scalable vector data for editing or high-quality printing, converting to SVG or uncompressed EMF is the ideal solution. convert.guru allows you to instantly view and convert these files without the need for complex decompression software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your EMZ file.
If you want to convert EMZ file to JPG, PDF, PNG, MP4, SVG, AI, EPS, CDR, WMF, SWF or FLA, you can use Microsoft Office or similar software from the "Compressed Vector Graphics" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to EMZ, try Microsoft Office or another comparable tool in the "Compressed Vector Graphics" category.
The EMZ 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 EMZ converter.