Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PL2 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PL2 to another file type
To convert PL2 Encrypted files to another format, you need Photo Locker or other Encoded software.
Convert a file to PL2
To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Image Archive" file type, you need software like Photo Locker or a similar tool.
About PL2 files
The .PL2 file extension is heavily associated with Photo Locker, a mobile security application for Android developed by Handy Apps. These files contain standard digital photos (like JPG) that are deliberately encrypted to prevent unauthorized viewing. A secondary but major use for the .PL2 extension is the Plexon Data File, an advanced telemetry format used by Plexon Offline Sorter to record and analyze complex neural waveform data. Occasionally, .PL2 files are used as legacy drawing files for DataCAD or floor plans in 3D Home Architect. The massive disadvantage of the .PL2 format is its restrictive, closed ecosystem. Encrypted photo files are practically useless outside of their native app, requiring a specific user PIN to unlock. Plexon data files similarly require specialized, highly expensive proprietary software to read. For photo recovery, the ideal conversion target is standard JPG or PNG. For Plexon neural data, researchers generally export to CSV or MAT for data science workflows. Unfortunately, standard online converters almost always fail to process .PL2 files due to these encryption layers and undocumented proprietary data structures. Because the files are actively scrambled or custom-built, generic tools cannot decode them. We can inspect the file signature to determine if your file is an encrypted photo or neural data. If our analysis detects an unencrypted underlying format or readable embedded text, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PL2 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PL2 file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Photo Locker or similar software from the "Encrypted Photo Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to PL2, try Photo Locker or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted Photo Storage" category.
The PL2 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 PL2 converter.