IHW Converter

Extract text from Timeline workspaces (IHW)


Drop or upload your .IHW file
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How to extract text from your IHW file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IHW file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert IHW to another file type

To convert IHW Workspaces to another format, you need IN-HEH Timeline or other Settings software.

Convert a file to IHW

To convert other file formats to the "Timeline Workspace Configuration" file type, you need software like IN-HEH Timeline or a similar tool.


About IHW files

The .IHW file extension is a proprietary settings format originally used by IN-HEH Timeline, a discontinued historical event and genealogy manager. Rather than storing actual historical data or family trees, the .IHW file acts as a saved workspace. It remembers UI configurations like window sizes, screen positions, and specific data filters you applied while using the software. Because IN-HEH Timeline is outdated, unsupported, and notorious for its confusing interface, dealing with these files today is incredibly frustrating. A major limitation of the .IHW format is that it is often mistaken for a database file. Users try to convert it to a standard format like PDF or GEDCOM, only to realize the actual historical data is kept in the companion IHX file. Furthermore, standard online converters fail to process this format because it is a closed, proprietary configuration structure, not a recognizable document or media type. If you need to recover information from this file, your best conversion targets are plain text formats like TXT or XML. Our tool will identify the file format, inspect the underlying structure, and show any readable text.

Convert.Guru analyzes your IHW file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.


FAQ

If you want to convert IHW file to , you can use IN-HEH Timeline or similar software from the "Workspace Settings Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to IHW, try IN-HEH Timeline or another comparable tool in the "Workspace Settings Storage" category.



The IHW 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 IHW converter.