Extract text from WBK files
To convert your WBK file to another format, you need Microsoft Word or other Backup software.
To convert other file formats to the "Word Processing Recovery" file type, you need software like Microsoft Word or a similar tool.
A .wbk file is predominantly a Microsoft Word Backup file, generated automatically by Microsoft Word when the "Always create backup copy" feature is enabled. While these files serve as a crucial safety net against data loss, they often present practical challenges. Because they are backup copies, they may not be associated with Word by default in the operating system, causing "Unknown file type" errors when users attempt to double-click them. Furthermore, a .wbk file typically represents the version of the document before the last save, meaning it might be one step behind the most current data. Users frequently face difficulties when trying to share these files, as email recipients or mobile devices may not recognize the extension or treat it as a temporary system file.
To resolve these compatibility issues, the most practical solution is to convert the .wbk file into a standard format. For continued editing and collaboration, converting to DOCX (Microsoft Word Open XML) is the gold standard, ensuring full feature support across modern word processors like LibreOffice and Google Docs. For archiving or sharing a fixed version of the recovered document, converting to PDF is recommended to preserve formatting regardless of the viewer's software. In rare cases, a .wbk file might be a configuration backup for Winstep Nexus, a desktop dock utility; these are strictly proprietary and intended only for restoring settings within that specific application.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WBK file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted IWBK, ASD, DOC, DOCX, BK, WBCAT, TMP, WPK, PDF, VBK, BAK, PMD and SPV files.
If you want to convert WBK file to DOCX, BAK, BACKUP, OLD, TMP, TEMP, ARC, ZIP, TAR, GZ, 7Z or RAR, you can use Microsoft Word or similar software from the "Word Document Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SNAPSHOT, OLD, IMG, RESTORE, ISO, COPY, VMDK, TMP, VHD, BAK, ARCHIVE or BACKUP files to WBK, try Microsoft Word or another comparable tool in the "Word Document Backup" 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 WBK converter.