LOCALSTORAGE Converter

Extract text from LOCALSTORAGE files


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

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

Convert LOCALSTORAGE to another file type

To convert your LOCALSTORAGE file to another format, you need Google Chrome or other Database software.

Convert a file to LOCALSTORAGE

To convert other file formats to the "Browser Cache" file type, you need software like Google Chrome or a similar tool.


About LOCALSTORAGE files

A .LOCALSTORAGE file is primarily an SQLite database used by web browsers to store persistent user data, such as site preferences, session tokens, and shopping cart contents. While originally designed for Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers like Microsoft Edge, this format is actually a structured database container.

The main problem users face is that .LOCALSTORAGE files are binary databases, meaning they cannot be read or edited in text editors like Notepad++ without appearing as garbled text. Furthermore, attempting to open them while the browser is running often fails due to file locking mechanisms, and modifying them directly can corrupt the database headers, causing the browser to reset your data.

For most users, the goal is data extraction. To inspect the contents, the best workflow is converting the file to JSON or CSV (Comma Separated Values), which makes the key-value pairs readable in any spreadsheet software or text viewer. For forensic analysis or database recovery, converting or renaming the file to SQLITE allows it to be opened in tools like DB Browser for SQLite.

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

Users also converted DCI, TRACEV3, PAGE and JSON files.


FAQ

If you want to convert LOCALSTORAGE file to JSON, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY or RB, you can use Google Chrome or similar software from the "Browser Data Persistence" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to LOCALSTORAGE, try Google Chrome or another comparable tool in the "Browser Data Persistence" category.



The LOCALSTORAGE 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 LOCALSTORAGE converter.