Extract text from IDA Pro databases (ID2)
To convert ID2 databases to another format, you need IDA Pro or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Decompiler Database" file type, you need software like IDA Pro or a similar tool.
An .ID2 file is primarily an IDA Pro compressed database. It stores disassembled code, processor metadata, and analysis structures generated during software reverse engineering. Alternatively, it can be an obsolete Windows Live Messenger emoticon container holding customized chat graphics.
Opening an .ID2 reverse-engineering database requires the proprietary IDA Pro software suite. The format is tightly coupled to the specific version of the disassembler used to create it. It relies on complex B-tree structures, making it impossible for web browsers, standard IDEs, or generic text editors to read. The secondary format, the WLM emoticon, is a closed container designed for legacy Microsoft chat software that has been permanently discontinued.
Users often want to convert an .ID2 database to C, ASM, or TXT to share decompiled source code with colleagues who do not own a costly Hex-Rays license. However, you cannot natively convert the raw database file online. You must export the data directly from within the application using the Hex-Rays decompiler plugin. Because these are closed, proprietary formats, standard online converters fail to process them. They lack the proprietary parsing engines required to decompress and interpret the internal binary data.
Just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our platform can inspect the raw hex data, identify the exact file signature, and show internal text strings. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as a hidden GIF or PNG image inside an old messenger emoticon - viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ID2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert ID2 file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use IDA Pro or similar software from the "Reverse Engineering Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to ID2, try IDA Pro or another comparable tool in the "Reverse Engineering Database Storage" category.
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 ID2 converter.