Extract text from TRACE files
To convert your TRACE file to another format, you need AnyDesk or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Trace Log File" file type, you need software like AnyDesk or a similar tool.
The .trace file extension is a generic container used by various software applications to record diagnostic logs, performance metrics, and execution history. The most common source is AnyDesk, which uses .trace files to log remote desktop connection details for auditing and troubleshooting. In mobile development, Android Studio generates .trace files to capture method execution times and CPU usage via the Dalvik Debug Monitor Server (DDMS). Other notable creators include Charles Proxy (web debugging sessions), Microsoft Playwright (test automation traces), and Wireshark (network packet captures).
A key limitation of .trace files is their lack of standardization; the internal structure depends entirely on the software that created it. An AnyDesk trace is completely different from an Android trace, and double-clicking usually results in a generic "Windows cannot open this file" error. Furthermore, many of these files use proprietary binary encoding or serialization (like .NET binary formats) to save space, rendering them unreadable in standard text editors like Notepad++. This forces users to install massive, specialized development suites just to view a simple log.
To make this data accessible, users often need to convert .trace files into open formats. For text-based logs (like AnyDesk), converting to TXT or LOG allows for immediate viewing. For structured data like performance metrics or network calls, converting to CSV (for Excel analysis), JSON, or XML is ideal. Web debugging traces are often best converted to HAR (HTTP Archive) for browser compatibility.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TRACE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted PERFETTO-TRACE, TRACEV3, TRC, CTRACE, TXT, ZIP, PDF, JPG, SIG, CSV, JPEG, SOR and PNG files.
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 TRACE converter.