UZED Converter

Extract text from Family tree files (UZED)


Drop or upload your .UZED file
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How to extract text from your UZED file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your UZED file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert UZED to another file type

To convert UZED Family trees to another format, you need Heredis or other Data software.

Convert a file to UZED

To convert other file formats to the "Zipped Genealogy File" file type, you need software like Heredis or a similar tool.


About UZED files

The .UZED file is a compressed genealogy family tree archive used to store ancestry data, relationships, and linked media files. It is primarily created and managed by Heredis and MyHeritage software, functioning structurally as a Zipped Unicode GEDCOM file. The main disadvantage of the .UZED format is its proprietary nature. Standard operating systems and competing family tree applications do not recognize the extension. This forces users into specific vendor ecosystems and makes it highly frustrating to share ancestry data with relatives who use different platforms. To solve this, users must convert or extract the .UZED file to a standard GED (GEDCOM) format or a basic ZIP archive. Extracting the internal data guarantees universal compatibility for genealogy databases, though some vendor-specific interface settings might be lost. Because the .UZED extension acts as a closed wrapper, standard online converters often fail to process it. Only the original software can natively export the complete interface data.

Convert.Guru analyzes your UZED file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ZIP files.


FAQ

If you want to convert UZED file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE, ARJ or LHA, you can use Heredis or similar software from the "Genealogy Family Tree Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to UZED, try Heredis or another comparable tool in the "Genealogy Family Tree Storage" category.



The UZED 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 UZED converter.