KBF Converter

Extract text from Backup files (KBF)

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Drop or upload your .KBF file

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How to extract text from your KBF file

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

Convert KBF to another file type

To convert KBF Backups to another format, you need Kingdee MyMoney or other Backup software.

Convert a file to KBF

To convert other file formats to the "Finance Data Archive" file type, you need software like Kingdee MyMoney or a similar tool.

About KBF files

The .kbf extension is a "collision" format used by three completely different industries: personal finance, gaming, and industrial planning.

1. Kingdee MyMoney Backup (Most Common)

For most users, a .kbf file is a data backup created by Kingdee MyMoney, a popular personal finance application. These files are actually standard ZIP archives in disguise. They contain your financial transaction history, budget data, and account details.

The Problem: You cannot open this file directly in Excel or standard text editors.
The Solution:

To Edit/View: Rename the file extension from .kbf to zip. You can then extract the contents (often XML or CSV files) and open them in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
To Restore: Use the "Restore Backup" function inside the Kingdee MyMoney desktop application.

2. Key Bindings & Profiles

Gamers, particularly those playing Star Trek Online or using older versions of Corsair Utility Engine (iCUE), use .kbf files to store custom key mappings and macro profiles.

The Solution: These are typically plain text configuration files. You can open them with Notepad or Notepad++ to view or edit the script commands manually.

3. Game Resource Archives

Several mobile and strategy games (such as Clash of Clans or King of Avalon) use .kbf as a container for game assets like images, sounds, and unit statistics. These are proprietary binary files designed to be read only by the game engine, making them difficult to convert without specific modding tools.

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

Users also converted KPF, EKB, ORIGINAL and VMSG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert KBF file to , you can use Kingdee MyMoney or similar software from the "Personal Finance Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to KBF, try Kingdee MyMoney or another comparable tool in the "Personal Finance Backup" category.

The KBF 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 KBF converter.