WTF Converter

Extract text from WTF files


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

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

Convert WTF to another file type

To convert your WTF file to another format, you need World of Warcraft or other Game software.

Convert a file to WTF

To convert other file formats to the "Configuration File" file type, you need software like World of Warcraft or a similar tool.


About WTF files

A .WTF file is primarily a Warcraft Text File used by Blizzard Entertainment for the massive multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft. These files reside in the WTF folder of the game directory and store essential configuration data, including graphics settings (Config.wtf), realm lists (realmlist.wtf), and saved variables for user interface addons. While the content is plain text, the .WTF extension prevents operating systems from automatically associating it with text editors like Notepad or TextEdit, often resulting in an "unknown file type" error when users attempt to open them. Additionally, direct editing carries risks; an accidental syntax error can reset game settings or corrupt addon data. For casual viewing or editing, converting to TXT is the safest workflow. To archive complex addon configurations or share interface setups with others, converting to PDF ensures the data remains viewable but unaltered. Developers analyzing addon data often convert these files to JSON or XML to parse the serialized Lua tables contained within.

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

Users also converted WFP, WFT, RTF, TXT, JPG, JPEG, BBC, ZONE, SKS and MP4 files.


FAQ

If you want to convert WTF file to MP4, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP or SAV, you can use World of Warcraft or similar software from the "Game Configuration Settings" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to WTF, try World of Warcraft or another comparable tool in the "Game Configuration Settings" category.



The WTF 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 WTF converter.