IML Converter

Extract text from IML files


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

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

Convert IML to another file type

To convert your IML file to another format, you need IntelliJ IDEA or other Developer software.

  • IML to JS
  • IML to TS
  • IML to PY
  • IML to JAVA
  • IML to CPP
  • IML to C
  • IML to CS
  • IML to PHP
  • IML to RB
  • IML to GO
  • IML to RS
  • IML to SWIFT

Convert a file to IML

To convert other file formats to the "IDE Configuration Data" file type, you need software like IntelliJ IDEA or a similar tool.

  • SH to IML
  • PY to IML
  • KT to IML
  • PS1 to IML
  • SWIFT to IML
  • LUA to IML
  • PL to IML
  • JAVA to IML
  • SCALA to IML
  • JS to IML
  • VBS to IML
  • TS to IML

About IML files

The .IML file extension primarily identifies an IntelliJ IDEA Module, an XML-based configuration file used by JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA to manage project components, dependencies, and paths. While critical for the IDE, these files often create friction when shared in version control systems like Git because they contain local, user-specific file paths that break environments on other machines. For modern development, the industry standard is to "convert" the logic of .IML files into portable build automation formats like Maven (pom.xml) or Gradle (build.gradle), allowing the IDE to generate the .IML file dynamically rather than relying on a static, fragile source.

A secondary but significant use case involves legacy IncrediMail message logs. Users recovering data from this defunct email client often find .IML files that are inaccessible in modern software like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. These files represent proprietary locks on your personal history. To regain access, these must be converted to standard EML or PST formats. Additionally, system administrators may encounter .IML files as HP Integrated Management Logs, which require conversion to CSV or TXT for actionable server analysis.

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

Users also converted EML, XML, PDF, CLASS, ZIP, JPG, TSX, HTML, PNG, G3D, PKPASS, SC and IPR files.



The IML 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 IML converter.