LINX Converter

Extract text from iPod link files (LINX)


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

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

Convert LINX to another file type

To convert LINX links to another format, you need Apple iTunes or other System software.

Convert a file to LINX

To convert other file formats to the "iPod Links Folder" file type, you need software like Apple iTunes or a similar tool.


About LINX files

A .LINX file is an iPod Links Folder utilized by classic Apple iPod devices. It functions similarly to a website directory index. Instead of holding actual note content or media, a .LINX file stores a collection of hyperlinks pointing to specific TXT, LINK, or media files on the device. This structure allowed the iPod software to quickly display collections of text-based items without duplicating the original data. You could originally manage these files using Apple iTunes. The primary disadvantage of the .LINX format is that it is a legacy, proprietary index. It is essentially useless without the original files it references. Because it only contains structural tags and file paths, it requires the original iPod ecosystem to function as intended. Users often extract these files from old iPod backups and struggle to read them on modern operating systems. Standard document converters fail to process them because the files do not contain rich text or media. If you need to recover the index data, the best conversion targets are standard TXT or HTML. Converting to these formats allows you to read the raw hyperlink paths and text tags, though you will not recover any external media that the file originally linked to. This file format is difficult to open or convert because only the original iPod software can properly read and execute the contextual navigation links. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible. (Note: .LINX is also rarely used as a text log for Bridge card game software).

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


FAQ

If you want to convert LINX file to , you can use Apple iTunes or similar software from the "Device Directory Index" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to LINX, try Apple iTunes or another comparable tool in the "Device Directory Index" category.



The LINX 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 LINX converter.