Extract text from MOBILEPROVISION files
To convert your MOBILEPROVISION file to another format, you need Xcode or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Provisioning Profile" file type, you need software like Xcode or a similar tool.
A .MOBILEPROVISION file is a signed PKCS#7 container that wraps a standard XML Property List (PLIST), serving as the digital glue between an iOS application, a developer's certificate, and specific authorized hardware. Developed by Apple, these files are mandatory for deploying apps to physical devices during development or ad-hoc distribution via Xcode.
The primary friction with this format is its binary opacity. Because the XML payload is wrapped in a cryptographic signature, attempting to open a .MOBILEPROVISION file in a standard text editor like Notepad++ often yields unreadable binary garbage or garbled headers. This makes it frustratingly difficult for developers - especially those on Windows or CI/CD servers without macOS tools - to quickly inspect critical details like the App ID, expiration date, or the list of provisioned device UDIDs. Furthermore, these profiles have a strict expiration date; when a profile expires, the associated app simply stops launching, leaving developers scrambling to identify the culprit.
To debug entitlement issues or verify device whitelists without launching a heavy IDE, the pragmatic solution is converting or "decoding" the file. Converting the .MOBILEPROVISION to a clean XML or TXT format strips away the binary signature layer, revealing the human-readable configuration data inside. For archiving or manual inspection, converting to raw PLIST is also common.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MOBILEPROVISION file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert MOBILEPROVISION file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Xcode or similar software from the "iOS App Authorization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to MOBILEPROVISION, try Xcode or another comparable tool in the "iOS App Authorization" 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 MOBILEPROVISION converter.