Extract text from TXN files
To convert your TXN file to another format, you need Yahoo! Messenger or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Log File" file type, you need software like Yahoo! Messenger or a similar tool.
The .TXN extension is a generic label used by various software to store transaction records, creating a confusing landscape for users. Historically, it is most frequently associated with Yahoo! Messenger archive files, storing chat histories in a proprietary, semi-encoded format. Since the discontinuation of Yahoo! Messenger, users often find themselves locked out of these nostalgic conversations, as modern text editors display them with erratic formatting or garbage characters. In a modern context, .TXN files are standard in cryptocurrency workflows, specifically as Partially Signed Bitcoin Transactions (PSBT) generated by wallets like Electrum or Trezor Suite. These are typically JSON or Base64-encoded strings representing a financial transfer waiting for a signature, unreadable to the average user. Additionally, legacy banking systems (e.g., Macquarie Bank) export statements as .TXN files, often just renamed text or XML files that fail to open automatically in spreadsheet software.
For Yahoo! Messenger recovery, the best approach is converting to TXT or HTML to strip away the proprietary binary headers and preserve the conversation flow. For financial and banking files, converting to CSV or XLSX is essential for importing data into Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. If you are dealing with a Bitcoin PSBT, converting it to a formatted JSON or text file allows you to inspect the raw transaction details before broadcasting.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TXN file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TXT, PDF, XLSX, RAW, TST and MCC files.
If you want to convert TXN file to TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, PAGES, TEX, LATEX, MD, MARKDOWN, LOG or NFO, you can use Yahoo! Messenger or similar software from the "Transaction Log or Record" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to TXN, try Yahoo! Messenger or another comparable tool in the "Transaction Log or Record" 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 TXN converter.