Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your XOJ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert XOJ to another file type
To convert XOJ notes to another format, you need Xournal++ or other Data software.
Convert a file to XOJ
To convert other file formats to the "Note-taking Document" file type, you need software like Xournal++ or a similar tool.
About XOJ files
The .xoj file is a GZIP-compressed XML document used primarily by Xournal++ and its predecessor, Xournal. It stores handwritten notes, journal entries, and PDF annotations using vector-based stroke coordinates and text blocks. The main disadvantage of the .xoj format is its absolute dependence on the Xournal software environment. You cannot natively open these files in web browsers, standard office suites, or mobile document viewers. Furthermore, if your .xoj file annotates a background PDF, the original PDF must remain in the exact file path on your local system, or the background will break and render as blank. To share your notes universally, you must convert the .xoj file. PDF is the best target format because it permanently embeds the strokes and the background document together. Alternatively, exporting to SVG or PNG works well for single pages or vector elements. Because this is a highly specialized, application-specific file, standard online converters generally fail to render the vector strokes accurately. Just drag and drop your .xoj file into convert.guru to identify the underlying GZIP and XML structure, view the raw text or internal content, and convert it if the embedded data is supported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your XOJ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert XOJ file to PDF, ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE or ARJ, you can use Xournal++ or similar software from the "Handwritten Notes & Annotations" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to XOJ, try Xournal++ or another comparable tool in the "Handwritten Notes & Annotations" category.
The XOJ 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 XOJ converter.