Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WEBLOC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert WEBLOC to another file type
To convert WEBLOC shortcuts to another format, you need Apple Safari or other Web software.
Convert a file to WEBLOC
To convert other file formats to the "Website Shortcut" file type, you need software like Apple Safari or a similar tool.
About WEBLOC files
A .WEBLOC file is a macOS website location shortcut created by dragging a web address from a browser like Apple Safari to the desktop. Internally, the vast majority of these files are formatted as a plain-text XML property list (plist). Users frequently need to convert these files because they are highly proprietary to the macOS ecosystem. If you email a .WEBLOC file to a Windows or Linux machine, the target operating system will not recognize it, and double-clicking the file will trigger an error. Windows natively relies on the URL extension for the exact same function, creating a frustrating cross-platform limitation. The best pragmatic workaround is to convert the .WEBLOC shortcut into a universally readable HTML file, a Windows-friendly URL file, or a basic TXT file to safely extract the raw web address. Because this format is built strictly for macOS, standard online converters often fail to process it properly. If our analysis detects the supported underlying XML structure, viewing or conversion may still be possible so you can bypass operating system restrictions.
Convert.Guru analyzes your WEBLOC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert WEBLOC file to PDF, URL, JPG, MP3, MP4, HTML, PNG, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP or ASP, you can use Apple Safari or similar software from the "macOS Web URL Shortcut" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to WEBLOC, try Apple Safari or another comparable tool in the "macOS Web URL Shortcut" category.
The WEBLOC 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 WEBLOC converter.