Turn a dBase DBF table into a CSV. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop DBF files here
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Drop DBF (dBase) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the result. When one file produces several CSV files they come as a single ZIP.
The DBF to CSV converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your database tables are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
DBF files come from legacy database programs, accounting software and the attribute tables of shapefiles. A CSV opens in any spreadsheet and imports into any modern database.
One DBF can produce several CSV files (one file per sheet); when it does, they are offered together as a ZIP download.
A DBF file is a single table. Its text is read with the code page recorded in the file, and the field names become the first row.
DBF is the table format of dBase, the first popular database for personal computers. It stores fixed-width records with typed fields, field names of at most 10 characters and a code page for text. Many dialects (FoxPro, Clipper) exist, and shapefiles still use it for their attributes.
Opens in Excel, LibreOffice, Access, GIS software and many accounting programs
DBF converterCSV is a table written as text: one row per line, values separated by commas. Every spreadsheet and database can import and export it, but it holds one sheet only and no formatting, formulas or data types.
Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, databases and any text editor
CSV converter| DBFdBASE table | CSVCSV spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | dBase database file | Comma-Separated Values |
| Type | Database table | Plain-text table |
| Compression | None | None |
| Introduced | The early 1980s, by Ashton-Tate (dBase) | The 1970s, by no single author (described in RFC 4180) |
| Opens in | Excel, LibreOffice, Access, GIS software and many accounting programs | Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, databases and any text editor |
| Best for | Legacy database tables and the attribute tables of shapefiles | Moving tabular data between systems |
| File extension | .dbf | .csv |
No. The DBF to CSV conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The values are kept. Anything CSV has no way to express, such as formatting, formulas or nesting, is simplified or left out.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the DBF file, press Convert and save the CSV. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Binary data files up to 150 MB are accepted; a larger file is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.