Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your RDATA file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert RDATA to another file type
To convert your RDATA file to another format, you need R Project or other Data software.
Convert a file to RDATA
To convert other file formats to the "Statistical Analysis File" file type, you need software like R Project or a similar tool.
About RDATA files
The .RData file is the standard format used by The R Project for Statistical Computing to save an entire workspace session. These binary files efficiently store multiple R objects - including data frames, lists, functions, and variables - often using GZIP compression to reduce file size. While this format is excellent for pausing and resuming complex statistical analysis within the R environment, it presents significant barriers for data interchange. .RData files are not human-readable and cannot be opened directly in spreadsheet software like Microsoft Excel, text editors, or standard database tools. To access the data without installing R or writing code, users must convert these files. For spreadsheet analysis, the best target is CSV or XLSX. For web integration or interoperability with other programming languages (like Python or JavaScript), converting to JSON or XML is recommended.
Convert.Guru analyzes your RDATA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert RDATA file to CSV, RDS, TXT, PDF, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG or CONF, you can use R Project or similar software from the "Statistical Workspace 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 RDATA, try R Project or another comparable tool in the "Statistical Workspace Storage" category.
The RDATA 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 RDATA converter.