Extract text from SQLITE files
To convert your SQLITE file to another format, you need SQLite or other Database software.
To convert other file formats to the "Relational Database File" file type, you need software like SQLite or a similar tool.
A .sqlite file is a lightweight, disk-based database created by SQLite, the most widely deployed database engine in the world. Unlike client-server database management systems (DBMS) such as PostgreSQL or Oracle Database, .sqlite files are serverless and self-contained, making them the standard for mobile apps, web browsers, and embedded systems storage.
However, this binary format presents significant access challenges for non-technical users. You cannot simply double-click a .sqlite file to view its contents in Microsoft Excel or a text editor; doing so results in unreadable binary code. Extracting data usually requires knowledge of SQL commands or installing specialized software like DB Browser for SQLite. Furthermore, a single .sqlite file often contains multiple tables, triggers, and indices, making direct export to flat formats complicated without the right tools.
Recommendation: To analyze data in spreadsheets, convert .sqlite tables to CSV or XLSX. For migrating data to other database systems (like MySQL), convert to a SQL dump file. For web integration, convert to JSON.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SQLITE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SQLITE3, DB, SQLITEDB, SQLITE-WAL, SQLITE-SHM, SQL, HISTORY, TORRENT, PLIST, KB, JSON, WTG and DB3 files.
If you want to convert SQLITE file to CSV, ACCESS, JSON, PDF, DB, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB or GDB, you can use SQLite or similar software from the "Embedded Relational Database" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or FRM files to SQLITE, try SQLite or another comparable tool in the "Embedded Relational Database" category.
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 SQLITE converter.