VCRD Converter

Extract text from Windows Vault credentials (VCRD)


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

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

Convert VCRD to another file type

To convert VCRD credentials to another format, you need Microsoft Windows or other System software.

Convert a file to VCRD

To convert other file formats to the "Windows Credential File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Windows or a similar tool.


About VCRD files

The .VCRD file format is an encrypted system credential file utilized primarily by Microsoft Windows and historically by Microsoft ActiveSync. These files belong to the Windows Vault and securely store sensitive authentication data, such as network passwords, remote desktop credentials, and saved website logins. Users do not open these files directly; they are managed silently by the Windows Credential Manager utility. Users typically encounter .VCRD files while backing up system folders (usually located in AppData\Local\Microsoft\Vault) and attempt to open them to extract forgotten passwords. The major disadvantage of the .VCRD format is its strict hardware and profile lock. It is a proprietary, closed format heavily encrypted via the Windows Data Protection API (DPAPI). Standard file conversion to readable plain text formats like TXT, CSV, or PDF is natively impossible because the data requires the original user's master cryptographic key to decrypt. Because .VCRD is an encrypted, proprietary format, it is extremely difficult to open or convert externally. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the binary file, and show unencrypted text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert VCRD file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Microsoft Windows or similar software from the "Secure Credential Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to VCRD, try Microsoft Windows or another comparable tool in the "Secure Credential Storage" category.



The VCRD 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 VCRD converter.