PHM Converter

Convert Pro Home Manager data files (PHM) online for free


Drop or upload your .PHM file
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How to convert your PHM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PHM file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PHM to another file type

The converter easily converts your PHM data files to various formats - free and online. No Pro Home Manager or or other Database software needed.

  • PHM to TGA
  • PHM to EPT
  • PHM to EPS
  • PHM to EPSI
  • PHM to DIB
  • PHM to CIN
  • PHM to IMG
  • PHM to J
  • PHM to WBMP
  • PHM to MPR
  • PHM to JXL
  • PHM to WEBP

Convert a file to PHM

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Home Inventory Database" formats to PHM without using software like Pro Home Manager or a similar tool.

  • CUBE to PHM
  • BMP to PHM
  • J2C to PHM
  • RAF to PHM
  • PFA to PHM
  • P7 to PHM
  • JFIF to PHM
  • CR2 to PHM
  • PTIF to PHM
  • XWD to PHM
  • HRZ to PHM
  • TIF to PHM

About PHM files

The .PHM file format is an internal database exclusively used by Pro Home Manager Personal Edition to store a localized system of home maintenance records. These files hold detailed inventories of household assets, including appliance serial numbers, warranty documents, service provider contact information, and historical repair logs.

The primary tool used to open and interact with these files is Pro Home Manager by Pro Home Manager, LLC. Originally popular in the late 2000s, this Windows-based desktop application served as a digital binder for homeowners to track preventative maintenance.

Users frequently encounter roadblocks when trying to access .PHM files today. Because it is a closed, proprietary database format tied to a legacy software ecosystem, modern web browsers, standard text editors, and generic database tools cannot natively parse the file. You cannot simply double-click a .PHM file on a Mac or a modern Windows machine without the original software installed. If the software is no longer available, your critical household data is trapped inside an unreadable binary shell.

If you need to share or migrate this data, the best target formats are CSV, XLSX, or PDF. Exporting to CSV allows you to import your home inventory into standard spreadsheets, though you will lose the localized calendar alerts and user interface of the original program.

This file format is exceptionally difficult to convert because only the original software understands the specific database schema. Standard online converters fail to process it. However, you can just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, inspect the raw file, and view any salvageable text. If our analysis detects standard embedded tables or raw text strings, viewing or partial data recovery may still be possible without needing the original legacy installation.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PHM file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert PHM file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Pro Home Manager or similar software from the "Household Inventory Database Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PHM, try Pro Home Manager or another comparable tool in the "Household Inventory Database Storage" category.



The PHM 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 PHM converter.