How to convert your IMG file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IMG file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert IMG to another file type
The converter easily converts your IMG file to various formats - free and online. No Windows or extra software needed.
- IMG to ISO
- IMG to DMG
- IMG to VHD
- IMG to VMDK
- IMG to VDI
- IMG to HDD
- IMG to QCOW
- IMG to QCOW2
- IMG to RAW
- IMG to VBOX
- IMG to OVA
- IMG to OVF
Convert a file to IMG
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Disk Image formats to IMG with high quality output.
- VFD to IMG
- DMG to IMG
- OVA to IMG
- IMA to IMG
- VBOX to IMG
- ADF to IMG
- PVS to IMG
- VHD to IMG
- OVF to IMG
- ISO to IMG
- DSK to IMG
- VMDK to IMG
About IMG files
The .img filename extension is a notoriously ambiguous format that serves two completely different purposes depending on its origin.
- Raw Disk Images: In technical contexts, an .img file is a raw binary dump of a magnetic disk or optical media. These are commonly used for creating backups of floppy disks, distributing operating systems (like Raspberry Pi OS), or storing Android system firmware. Unlike structured archives like ZIP, these files contain a sector-by-sector copy of the source drive. Users frequently struggle with these files because they cannot be opened like regular folders; they must be "mounted" using specialized utilities like WinImage or written to a physical card using Balena Etcher. Users often need to convert these to ISO for broader compatibility with virtualization software or ZIP to reduce their often massive file size.
- Renamed Images (WhatsApp): A significant portion of modern .img files are simply JPG images that were renamed or saved without the correct extension by apps like WhatsApp. These files fail to open in standard photo viewers, confusing users who expect to see a picture.
Recommendation:
- For Disk Images: Convert to ISO for easy mounting or PDF if archiving documentation found inside the image.
- For Photos: If the file is small (under 10MB) and from a phone, convert it to JPG or PNG to fix the header and view the image immediately.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your IMG file.
Users also converted DISC, VFD, FIRMWARE, CCD, LZ4, BIN, VDI, ISO, QCOW, GMAP, DISK, IMAGE and SA files.
The IMG 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 IMG converter.