Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your P7C file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert P7C to another file type
To convert your P7C file to another format, you need OpenSSL or other System software.
Convert a file to P7C
To convert other file formats to the "Digital Certificate" file type, you need software like OpenSSL or a similar tool.
About P7C files
A .p7c file is a PKCS#7 cryptographic container used to store and transport digital certificates, specifically complying with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) standard. Unlike PFX files, a .p7c file does not contain the private key; it typically holds a "certificate chain" - the end-user certificate plus any intermediate CA certificates required to establish a full chain of trust. While natively supported by Microsoft Windows and Java (Tomcat) environments, these files often create friction for administrators using Apache or Nginx web servers, which require certificates to be split into individual PEM-encoded text files (CRT or CER) rather than a single binary or Base64 bundle. Users frequently need to convert .p7c files to standard PEM formats for Linux-based hosting or combine them with a separate private key to generate a PFX file for IIS import.
Convert.Guru analyzes your P7C file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert P7C file to PEM, CER, P12, P7B, PFX, CRT, JKS, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS or PHP, you can use OpenSSL or similar software from the "Digital Certificate Bundle" 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 P7C, try OpenSSL or another comparable tool in the "Digital Certificate Bundle" category.
The P7C 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 P7C converter.