FXS Converter

Convert FXS files online for free


Drop or upload your .FXS file
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How to convert your FXS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FXS file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert FXS to another file type

The converter easily converts your FXS file to various formats - free and online. No Blender or extra software needed.

  • FXS to FXO
  • FXS to OBJ
  • FXS to FBX
  • FXS to DAE
  • FXS to 3DS
  • FXS to MAX
  • FXS to BLEND
  • FXS to MA
  • FXS to MB
  • FXS to C4D
  • FXS to STL
  • FXS to PLY

Convert a file to FXS

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Raster Image formats to FXS with high quality output.

  • DWG to FXS
  • DAE to FXS
  • X3D to FXS
  • IGES to FXS
  • WRL to FXS
  • JT to FXS
  • SKP to FXS
  • 3DS to FXS
  • 3DM to FXS
  • OBJ to FXS
  • STEP to FXS
  • FBX to FXS

About FXS files

The .FXS file extension is predominantly associated with legacy fax documents created by Symantec WinFax PRO, a discontinued software that was once the standard for PC-based faxing in the 1990s. These files essentially function as multi-page Raster Image containers, storing the visual data of sent or pending faxes.

The primary challenge users face is the "digital rot" of this format; because WinFax PRO is no longer supported on modern operating systems like Windows 11, opening these files to retrieve old records, legal documents, or correspondence is nearly impossible without specialized conversion tools. The files are proprietary and often compressed, meaning standard image viewers cannot render them.

For document recovery, the best approach is converting .FXS to PDF (for easy viewing and archiving) or TIFF (to preserve the raw raster image quality).

Note on Ambiguity: This extension is also used in other technical contexts:
1. Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO): As a compiled YANG data model. These are binary files used by network routers and cannot be "converted" to text; you typically need the source .yang file for editing.
2. Grand Theft Auto / Fallout: In gaming, these may be visual effects scripts or save states. These are specific to the game engine and generally cannot be converted to standard media formats.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your FXS file.

Users also converted FXR, FXM, QCT, MAX and FXO files.



The FXS 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 FXS converter.