Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your KDBX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert KDBX to another file type
To convert KDBX databases to another format, you need KeePass or other Database software.
Convert a file to KDBX
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Credentials Vault" file type, you need software like KeePass or a similar tool.
About KDBX files
The .KDBX file format is primarily a highly encrypted password database created by KeePass Password Safe (version 2.x). It securely stores digital credentials, including usernames, passwords, URLs, and encrypted notes. Less commonly, it functions as an audio measurement database utilized by Klippel dB-Lab software. The main disadvantage of the .KDBX format is its strict, proprietary access requirement. It is an isolated container designed specifically to prevent unauthorized access and data extraction. You cannot open it without the correct master password, a specific key file, or a linked Windows user account. Furthermore, it is not natively supported by web browsers or built-in OS tools, making direct data migration impossible without specialized software. To migrate your passwords to a modern cloud-based manager, you must convert the .KDBX data to a .CSV, .XML, or .HTML file. However, exporting to these formats strips away all encryption, permanently exposing your passwords in plain text on your hard drive. Because this is a closed, securely encrypted format, standard online converters fail to process it. Online tools cannot bypass AES-256, ChaCha20, or Twofish encryption layers. The safest and only practical way to convert the data is to open the file directly in KeePass Password Safe, authenticate with your master key, and use the native Export function. If our analysis detects the rare unencrypted Klippel database variant, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your KDBX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert KDBX file to CSV, KDB, DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB or MYD, you can use KeePass or similar software from the "Encrypted Password Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to KDBX, try KeePass or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted Password Database" category.
The KDBX 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 KDBX converter.