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File Converter

A file converter reads a file in one format and writes the same content in another: a HEIC photo as JPG, a Word document as PDF, a CSV as JSON, a MOV as MP4. Each family of formats has its own engine, and the right one is chosen from the file you drop.

Files
Drop files here or click to browse
or paste from clipboard (Ctrl+V) · images, HEIC, PDF, Word, text, Markdown, HTML, CSV, JSON, YAML, XML, TOML, audio, video
Files stay in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

How to convert a file to another format

  1. Add your files

    Drop any mix of files onto the tool, click to browse, or paste from your clipboard. Each file appears as a row that names what it is: image, PDF, Word document, CSV, video, and so on.

  2. Pick a format for each file

    Every row has a menu listing only the formats that file can become. When several files are the same kind, a single menu above the list sets them all at once.

  3. Press Convert

    Click the Convert button. Files convert one after another with a progress bar. Audio and video load a media engine the first time, which the bar shows too.

  4. Download the results

    Save a single file from its row, or download everything together as one ZIP with every filename already switched to the new extension.

Why use this tool

One page for every kind of file

Images and HEIC photos, PDF, Word, plain text, Markdown, HTML, CSV, TSV, JSON, NDJSON, YAML, XML, TOML, and any common audio or video file are all accepted on the same drop zone.

Only the formats that make sense

A PDF offers JPG, PNG, and text. A CSV offers JSON, YAML, XML, and TSV. A video offers MP4, MOV, GIF, and its soundtrack as MP3, WAV, or M4A. Nothing is listed that cannot work.

Per-file targets, batch shortcuts

Each row chooses its own destination, so a mixed batch converts in one run. Two or more files of the same kind get a "convert all" menu above the list.

Convert when you say so

Nothing runs until you press Convert. Arrange the queue, set the targets, then start. Changing a target afterwards puts that file back in the queue.

Engines load on demand

The HEIC decoder and the media engine download only when a file needs them, and only once per visit. A batch of CSV files never touches either.

Nothing leaves your browser

Every conversion runs on your device. No upload, no server, no account, no file size plan.

About this tool

Most file converters online are one page per pair: HEIC to JPG here, CSV to JSON there, MOV to MP4 somewhere else. That is fine when you know exactly what you have. This page is for the other case: a folder of mixed exports, a phone dump with photos and screen recordings in it, or simply not wanting to hunt for the right tool. Drop everything, and each file works out what it is and what it can become.

Under the hood there is no single magic engine, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise. Images and HEIC photos are decoded and re-encoded through the same code as the dedicated image converters, and can also become a single-page PDF. PDFs are rendered page by page to JPG or PNG, or have their text pulled out. Word documents are laid out again as PDF pages or reduced to plain text, and Markdown, HTML, and plain text follow the same path. Data files are parsed into one common structure and written back out as CSV, TSV, JSON, NDJSON, YAML, XML, or TOML. Audio and video go through the same media engine as the video converter and the audio converter.

Limits worth knowing. TOML cannot hold a top-level list, so row-shaped files like CSV do not offer it. A PDF with more than one page becomes a ZIP of page images. Word and Markdown documents are rebuilt rather than copied, so page breaks and complex layouts will differ from the original. Very large images are scaled to the browser limit of about 24 megapixels, and the tool says so when that happens.

Everything runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. For finer control over a single kind of conversion, the dedicated pages have more options: quality and page sizes on HEIC to JPG, resolution on PDF to JPG, bitrates on the audio converter.

Frequently asked questions

What file types can I convert?
Images (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF, SVG), HEIC photos, PDF, Word (.docx), plain text, Markdown, HTML, CSV, TSV, JSON, NDJSON, YAML, XML, TOML, and common audio and video files. Each one offers only the output formats it can genuinely become.
Can I convert several different kinds of file at once?
Yes. Drop a mixed batch and each row gets its own destination menu. When two or more files are the same kind, a "convert all" menu above the list sets them together. One press of Convert runs the whole queue.
Why does nothing happen when I drop a file?
Conversion is a deliberate step here. After adding files, check each row has the format you want, then press the Convert button under the list.
Why is my PDF a ZIP file after converting to JPG?
A PDF with several pages becomes one image per page, and those are bundled as a ZIP so they download together. A single-page PDF downloads as one image.
Why does a video take a while to start?
Audio and video conversions use a media engine that downloads on first use, around 30 MB. The progress bar shows that download, and the engine stays loaded for the rest of your visit so later files start immediately.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. Every conversion runs entirely in your browser. Your files never leave your device and are never sent to a server.
Will a Word document look the same as a PDF?
The words, headings, emphasis, and lists survive. Page breaks, tables, columns, and anything driven by Word’s own layout engine will differ, because the document is rebuilt as pages rather than copied. For an exact copy, export the PDF from Word itself.

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