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 P7C certificates to another format, you need OpenSSL or other Encoded software.
Convert a file to P7C
To convert other file formats to the "PKCS#7 Certificate Bundle" file type, you need software like OpenSSL or a similar tool.
About P7C files
A .p7c file is a Public-Key Cryptography Standard #7 (PKCS#7) cryptographic message used to store X.509 digital certificates and entire certificate chains. Users typically manage these files using command-line tools like OpenSSL or built-in OS utilities like Windows Certificate Manager. Read more about the underlying standard on Wikipedia. The primary disadvantage of the .p7c format is its rigid compatibility limits. While Windows systems natively accept PKCS#7, popular open-source web servers like Apache and Nginx will reject it outright. Because it is a bundled format, you cannot easily open it in a basic text editor to extract the keys. Furthermore, it strictly contains public certificates, completely lacking the private key needed for SSL setup. To use these certificates on a web server, you must convert the .p7c file to PEM or CRT formats. If you are deploying to a Windows environment, converting to a single CER or DER file might be necessary. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.
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 Chain 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 Chain 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.