Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FTP file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert FTP to another file type
To convert FTP profiles to another format, you need FlashFXP or other Settings software.
Convert a file to FTP
To convert other file formats to the "Configuration & Archive" file type, you need software like FlashFXP or a similar tool.
About FTP files
The .FTP extension is a notoriously ambiguous filename used by two distinct groups of legacy software, creating significant confusion for users.
FlashFXP Site Profile: In professional IT contexts, this is an XML-formatted configuration file generated by the FlashFXP client. It stores server hostnames, usernames, and (often encrypted) passwords for file transfers. These files are proprietary to FlashFXP and difficult to view without the original software, effectively locking your credentials inside a paid tool. Users typically convert these to TXT or XML to migrate their server details to modern free clients like FileZilla or WinSCP.
FreeArc Compressed Archive: In the gaming and emulation scene, .FTP is occasionally found as a renamed or non-standard container for game save states and high-compression archives created by FreeArc. These files are often massive (exceeding 1GB) and use advanced algorithms (LZMA/PPMD) that standard tools like Windows Explorer cannot open. The friction here is high: you have a game file you cannot load because the original compression tool is obscure and hasn't been updated since 2010.
Best Conversion Targets:
For FlashFXP/Settings: Convert to TXT or JSON to recover your passwords and server paths in a human-readable format.
For Game Archives: Convert (extract) contents to ZIP or raw folders to access the save data or game assets.
For Archiving: Convert proprietary text configs to PDF for a secure, uneditable record of server settings.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FTP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert FTP file to NM, PDF, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML or ENV, you can use FlashFXP or similar software from the "FTP Client Settings / Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to FTP, try FlashFXP or another comparable tool in the "FTP Client Settings / Archive" category.
The FTP 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 FTP converter.