Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SPBM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SPBM to another file type
To convert SPBM Contact backups to another format, you need Samsung Smart Switch or other Backup software.
Convert a file to SPBM
To convert other file formats to the "Contacts Backup Archive" file type, you need software like Samsung Smart Switch or a similar tool.
About SPBM files
The .SPBM file is a mobile contacts backup archive used primarily by Samsung Smart Switch and certain Android backup apps to transfer phonebooks between devices. Users typically generate these files when upgrading to a new smartphone or backing up data to an SD card. The primary software used to handle this format is Samsung Smart Switch, though apps like Super Backup & Restore also utilize similar proprietary backup structures. The main disadvantage of the .SPBM format is its proprietary nature. It locks users into the Samsung or specific Android app ecosystem. You cannot directly import an .SPBM file into an iPhone, Google Contacts, or Microsoft Outlook. If your old phone breaks and you switch to an Apple device, your contacts are trapped in a format your new device cannot read. To restore access across different platforms, you need to convert the .SPBM file into standard VCF (vCard) or CSV files. During conversion, you may lose proprietary metadata like custom Samsung ringtone assignments or high-resolution contact photos. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a closed, proprietary archive. Often, only the original software can properly parse the internal database. Standard online converters fail because they lack the specific Samsung database schemas. If our analysis detects a supported underlying format, viewing or conversion to an accessible contact list may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SPBM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SPBM file to VCF, CSV, JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO or CUR, you can use Samsung Smart Switch or similar software from the "Mobile Contacts Backup Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to SPBM, try Samsung Smart Switch or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Contacts Backup Storage" category.
The SPBM 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 SPBM converter.