LQM to TXT Converter

LQM to TXT Conversion Explained

Converting an .LQM file to a .TXT file extracts the written text from an LG QuickMemo+ note and discards all other data. Because LG Electronics closed its mobile phone division, the QuickMemo+ app is obsolete. Users convert these files to rescue their notes and move them to modern devices.

When you convert .LQM to .TXT, you gain universal compatibility. A plain text file will open on any computer, smartphone, or operating system forever. However, you lose all multimedia. .LQM files can contain hand-drawn sketches, photos, and audio recordings. A .TXT file cannot hold these elements. If your note relies heavily on images or voice memos, converting to plain text is a bad idea because that data will be permanently lost in the output file.

Typical Tasks and Users

This conversion is highly specific to users migrating away from legacy LG hardware. Common scenarios include:

• Former LG Smartphone Users: People moving from an LG G-series or V-series phone to a new Android device or iPhone who need to read their old notes.
• Data Archivists: Users backing up old mobile data to a PC who want their notes in a future-proof, easily searchable format.
• Developers and IT Support: Technicians tasked with bulk-exporting a client's proprietary note data into a standard format for import into apps like Google Keep or Apple Notes.

Software & Tool Support

The .LQM format is proprietary and has very limited native support, while .TXT is universally supported.

• Opening .LQM: The only official app that opens these files natively is LG QuickMemo+ on an LG device. However, because an .LQM file is actually a renamed ZIP archive, you can change the extension to .ZIP and extract it using 7-Zip or WinRAR. Inside, you will find a JSON file containing the text and a folder containing the media.
• Opening .TXT: Plain text files open natively in Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (macOS), and code editors like Visual Studio Code.
• Conversion Tools: Python scripts can be written to parse the JSON inside the .LQM archive, but standard users rely on dedicated web converters to automate the extraction.

Pros and Cons of the Conversion

Pros:

• Universal Compatibility: .TXT files require no special software to read or edit.
• Future-Proofing: You escape a dead proprietary ecosystem. Plain text will never become obsolete.
• File Size: .TXT files are extremely small, often taking up only a few kilobytes.
• Searchability: Desktop search tools easily index plain text, making it simple to find specific notes.

Cons:

• Total Media Loss: Embedded photos, drawings, and voice recordings are stripped out and deleted.
• Formatting Loss: Bold text, italics, highlights, and custom fonts revert to standard, unformatted characters.
• Metadata Loss: Creation dates, modification dates, and GPS location tags stored in the QuickMemo+ system are lost.

Conversion Difficulties & Why Convert.Guru

The main technical difficulty in converting .LQM to .TXT is that .LQM is not a standard document. It is a container. To get the text, a converter must unzip the archive, locate the internal jlqm or memoinfo.jlqm file, parse the JSON data structure, and strip away the JSON syntax to isolate the human-readable text. If a user does this manually, they are left staring at messy code filled with brackets and metadata tags.

Convert.Guru handles this pipeline automatically. It unzips the .LQM container, parses the internal JSON payload, extracts only the actual note text, and outputs a clean .TXT file. It ignores the code and formatting tags, providing a simple, accurate text extraction without requiring the user to understand archive extraction or JSON parsing.

LQM vs. TXT: What is the better choice?

Which format should you choose?

You should keep your files as .LQM only if you still actively use an LG smartphone and need to edit notes that contain drawings, photos, or audio.

You should choose .TXT if you are migrating to a new device, archiving your data, and only care about preserving the written words.

When to avoid this conversion: If your QuickMemo+ notes contain important photos or sketches that you must keep alongside the text, do not convert to .TXT. Instead, convert the .LQM file to .PDF or .HTML, which can preserve both the text and the embedded images in a single document.

Conclusion

Converting .LQM to .TXT makes sense when you need to rescue written notes from a discontinued LG smartphone and want a format that will open on any device forever. The biggest limitation to watch for is the absolute loss of all images, audio, and formatting. If you only need the text, Convert.Guru is a reliable choice for this exact conversion because it automatically handles the complex JSON parsing and archive extraction behind the scenes, delivering a clean, readable text file instantly.