Extract text from Samsung S Note files (MEMO)
To convert MEMO notes to another format, you need Samsung S Note or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Note App Backup Archive" file type, you need software like Samsung S Note or a similar tool.
The .memo file format is primarily used by the Samsung S Note application (and legacy Samsung Memo apps) to store digital notes, sketches, and text on Android devices. Under the hood, the vast majority of these files are standard ZIP archives containing XML text data, media assets, and proprietary markup. Other mobile applications, including the ColorNote Notepad Notes app, also use the .memo extension for their internal backup files, often relying on encrypted Java serialization.
Because these are closed, proprietary formats bound to specific mobile ecosystems, viewing or editing them on a desktop computer is highly restrictive. Users frequently lose access to their notes when switching away from Samsung devices or when the original app is deprecated. The main disadvantage of the .memo format is its lack of universal desktop or web browser support. The best solution is to migrate these files to standard formats like TXT, PDF, or extract the internal images as JPG.
Standard online converters routinely fail to process .memo files because the internal schemas are undocumented and fragmented across different apps. Often, only the original mobile software can properly read or export the structured data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible using convert.guru. Our advanced analyzer can inspect the file's raw hex data and extract embedded text. Since many of these files are merely ZIP containers, our system may detect the supported underlying format, allowing you to bypass the app restriction and extract the raw media and text directly.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MEMO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TXT, SNB, M4A, XML, BBB, PDF, DB, JPG, MEM, ZIP, MP3, LQM and SDOCX files.
If you want to convert MEMO file to MP3, TEXT, PDF, VIDEO, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ or LZMA, you can use Samsung S Note or similar software from the "Mobile App Digital Notes" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to MEMO, try Samsung S Note or another comparable tool in the "Mobile App Digital Notes" category.
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 MEMO converter.