How to convert your MBM file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MBM file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert MBM to another file type
The converter easily converts your MBM file to various formats - free and online. No Photoshop or extra software needed.
- MBM to JPG
- MBM to PDF
- MBM to PNG
- MBM to GIF
- MBM to BMP
- MBM to TIFF
- MBM to TIF
- MBM to WEBP
- MBM to ICO
- MBM to CUR
- MBM to PSD
- MBM to PSB
Convert a file to MBM
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Raster Image formats to MBM with high quality output.
- RAW to MBM
- PNG to MBM
- AI to MBM
- NEF to MBM
- PSB to MBM
- DNG to MBM
- SVG to MBM
- GIF to MBM
- EPS to MBM
- JPG to MBM
- ARW to MBM
- PDF to MBM
About MBM files
The .MBM format (Multi-Bitmap) primarily serves as a legacy graphics container for Symbian OS devices, famously used in older Nokia S60 smartphones. These files act as archives holding multiple bitmapped images of varying color depths in a single package, often used for icons, wallpapers, and interface elements. Because .MBM is a compiled, proprietary container designed for mobile processors from the early 2000s, it is natively incompatible with modern operating systems like Windows 11 or macOS, making the content inaccessible without specialized extraction tools.
A secondary but significant use of the format is found in the space simulation game Kerbal Space Program (KSP). In early versions, KSP used .MBM for high-quality, uncompressed textures to avoid artifacts. However, these files are notoriously inefficient - large in size and slow to load compared to modern GPU-friendly formats like DDS. Users modding the game or optimizing performance often find these files cumbersome.
Conversion Strategies:
- For Symbian/Nokia Archives: Users looking to recover old photos or assets should convert the internal bitmaps to PNG or JPG for universal viewing and editing.
- For Kerbal Space Program: To reduce memory usage and load times, it is highly recommended to convert KSP textures to DDS (DirectDraw Surface) or PNG for editing in Adobe Photoshop.
*Note: Rarely, an .MBM file may be a document list from MaxBulk Mailer; in this case, it should only be opened with the original software.*
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MBM file.
Users also converted MIF, MBN, JPG, BMP, NOKIA and NOKTXT files.
The MBM 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 MBM converter.