Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HWP file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert HWP to another file type
The converter easily converts your HWP documents to various formats - free and online. No Hancom Office or other Text software needed.
HWP to PDF
HWP to DOCX
HWP to TXT
HWP to RTF
HWP to DOC
HWP to ODT
HWP to UOP
HWP to PPTX
HWP to PDB
HWP to ODB
HWP to SXC
HWP to CSV
Convert a file to HWP
To convert other file formats to the "Word Processor Document" file type, you need software like Hancom Office or a similar tool.
About HWP files
The .HWP file is a proprietary word processing document format created by the South Korean company Hancom. It is the default file type generated by Hancom Office (historically known as Hangul Word Processor). This format is the mandatory standard for the South Korean government, public institutions, and domestic businesses.
Opening an .HWP file without Hancom's software is a frustrating experience for international users. Because the format is historically closed-source and binary-based, global tools like Microsoft Word or Google Docs cannot process it reliably. When Microsoft Word attempts to import an .HWP file, the complex layouts, tables, and native Korean typography elements are frequently destroyed. Users often hit a paywall, discovering they need a Hancom Office subscription just to view the text, and web browsers cannot natively display these files at all.
To interact with Korean entities or handle legacy documents, you must convert the file. For active editing in Western software, convert to DOCX. If you need to share the document, preserve the layout exactly as the author intended, or archive the file, convert to PDF. For raw text extraction, convert to TXT. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser, completely bypassing the need for specialized software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your HWP file.
If you want to convert HWP file to PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN or LOG, you can use Hancom Office or similar software from the "Word Processing Document" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to HWP, try Hancom Office or another comparable tool in the "Word Processing Document" category.
The HWP 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 HWP converter.