Extract text from Temporary files (TMP)
To convert TMP Temp files to another format, you need Microsoft Windows or other System software.
To convert other file formats to the "Application Temporary Cache" file type, you need software like Microsoft Windows or a similar tool.
A .TMP file is a temporary file created by software programs or operating systems to store data while a process is running. Applications like Microsoft Office and web browsers generate these files to hold backup copies of documents, partially downloaded files, or cached images. Once the task is complete, the parent program usually deletes the file automatically.
Because .TMP is not a standardized format, it has no native viewer. You cannot simply double-click it. The internal data varies completely depending on the software that created it. For example, a .TMP file might actually be a hidden ZIP archive, a JPG image, an EXE executable, or a PDF document.
This extreme fragmentation is the main disadvantage of .TMP files. They are essentially orphaned fragments of data. Users typically encounter them when a program crashes before saving a file properly. Recovering the data requires identifying the true underlying format. Leaving files as .TMP makes them useless, inaccessible, and invisible to standard file managers or web browsers.
To make the file usable, you must convert it or rename it based on its original intent. For document recovery, analyze and convert to DOCX or PDF. If the file is a cached image, convert to JPG or PNG for web use.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TMP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TEMP, JPG, CHCK, WEBP, PDF, TPM, _TMP, PNG, DOCX, CRYPT14, ZIP, TXT and AVIF files.
If you want to convert TMP file to JPG, PDF, MP4, PNG, MP3, PPTX, DXF, BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TEMP or ARC, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "Temporary Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE, BACKUP or RAR files to TMP, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "Temporary Data Storage" 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 TMP converter.