KPG Converter

Extract text from KPG files


Drop or upload your .KPG file

How to extract text from your KPG file

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

Convert KPG to another file type

To convert your KPG file to another format, you need Kuaishou or other Video software.

Convert a file to KPG

To convert other file formats to the "Mobile App Video" file type, you need software like Kuaishou or a similar tool.


About KPG files

The .KPG extension serves three distinct purposes, creating significant confusion for users trying to open them. The most common modern usage (approx. 35%) is a video format generated by the Kuaishou (Kwai) short-video mobile application. These files often utilize a RIFF container structure but use proprietary encoding that standard desktop players like VLC Media Player or QuickTime frequently fail to recognize. This "mobile-first" lock-in means users cannot easily edit or share these clips outside the app.

Secondly, roughly 22% of these files are standard JPEG images masquerading under a different extension. This often occurs due to specific older camera firmware or batch processing errors. While the data inside is standard, most operating systems won't generate a preview thumbnail, and web browsers will refuse to display them unless the extension is manually changed or the file is converted.

Finally, a legacy segment (under 1%) belongs to Kai's Power Goo, a 1990s graphics tool by MetaCreations used for liquid image distortion. These are effectively obsolete and incompatible with modern Adobe Photoshop versions.

Best Conversion Targets:

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

Users also converted PKG, JPG, KEY, PRD and SHOW files.


FAQ

If you want to convert KPG file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use Kuaishou or similar software from the "Mobile Video Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to KPG, try Kuaishou or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Video Storage" category.



The KPG 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 KPG converter.