Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your INK file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert INK to another file type
To convert INK files to another format, you need MimioStudio or other Data software.
Convert a file to INK
To convert other file formats to the "Digital Notebook File" file type, you need software like MimioStudio or a similar tool.
About INK files
The .ink file extension is highly fragmented and used by multiple software applications. Most commonly, it serves as a MimioStudio Notebook file for Boxlight MimioStudio, a digital handwritten note for Microsoft Journal, or a markdown database file for Inkdrop. It is also frequently confused with the LNK Windows shortcut file. The major disadvantage of the .ink format is its proprietary, fragmented nature. A file created in MimioStudio cannot be opened by Microsoft Journal, effectively locking your educational presentations or digital notes into specific, sometimes legacy, ecosystems. Furthermore, because over ten entirely different formats share the .ink extension, standard online converters routinely fail to guess the correct data structure. Converting to standard formats like PDF or JPG is highly recommended for long-term archiving, though doing so will permanently strip away interactive whiteboard elements or native vector ink paths. This file format is difficult to open or convert because often only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - such as a disguised ZIP archive or SQLite database - viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your INK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert INK file to PDF, JPG, MP4, MP3, TEXT, PNG, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML or TOML, you can use MimioStudio or similar software from the "Digital Notes & Whiteboard Presentations" 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 INK, try MimioStudio or another comparable tool in the "Digital Notes & Whiteboard Presentations" category.
The INK 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 INK converter.