How to extract text from your WBX file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WBX file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WBX to another file type
To convert your WBX file to another format, you need WinBox or other Settings software.
- WBX to CDB
- WBX to BAK
- WBX to BACKUP
- WBX to OLD
- WBX to TMP
- WBX to TEMP
- WBX to ARC
- WBX to ZIP
- WBX to TAR
- WBX to GZ
- WBX to 7Z
- WBX to RAR
Convert a file to WBX
To convert other file formats to the "Router Configuration File" file type, you need software like WinBox or a similar tool.
- SNAPSHOT to WBX
- OLD to WBX
- IMG to WBX
- RESTORE to WBX
- ISO to WBX
- COPY to WBX
- VMDK to WBX
- TMP to WBX
- VHD to WBX
- BAK to WBX
- ARCHIVE to WBX
- BACKUP to WBX
About WBX files
The .WBX file extension is most frequently associated with the WinBox utility by MikroTik, used to store a list of saved router sessions, including IP addresses, logins, and notes. While convenient for network administrators managing multiple RouterOS devices, these files create a significant vendor lock-in; they are proprietary binary or structured files that cannot be easily edited in standard text editors like Notepad++ or imported into other network management tools. Users often find themselves unable to migrate their extensive address books to spreadsheets or other SSH clients. A secondary, less common use is as a WEBENCH simulation design file by Texas Instruments, which is typically XML-based but still requires specific tooling to visualize. For the MikroTik use case, the ideal workflow is converting the opaque .WBX data into CSV for management in Microsoft Excel or JSON for programmatic use. If you are dealing with the Texas Instruments variant, converting the XML structure to standard TXT or PDF documentation is often necessary for archiving project specs.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WBX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CDB, VIW, TXT, ZIP, ENC, SESSIONPATH, VMT and PCP files.
The WBX 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 WBX converter.