Supported File Formats for File Type Detection

Files in these formats can be identified using signature-based file type detection, but analysis of content or metadata is currently not supported.

• 3D Systems STL format
• 3GPP video file
• 3GPP2 video file
• 4X Movie File
• 7 Zip
• ABAP Source Code
• AC3 Audio (Dolby Digital)
• ACT
• AD1 Evidence file
• AES Multiplus Comm
• ALIS
• AMI Pro Draw
• AMPL Source Code
• AMV video file
• APL Source Code
• ARJ (Archive by Robert Jung) file format
• ART image format
• ASCII Text
• ASN.1 Source Code
• AT&T DjVu
• ATS Source Code
• Abaqus ODB
• Ability
• Acorn RISC ARMovie video
• Adaptive Multi-Rate audio
• Adobe Flash Player audio
• Adobe Flash Player audio book
• Adobe Flash Player protected video
• Adobe Flash Player video
• Adobe Font Metrics ASCII
• Adobe FrameMaker
• Adobe InDesign document
• Adobe Maker Interchange
• Adobe Multiple master font
• Adobe PDF
• Adobe Photoshop Document
• Adobe PostScript Printer Description file
• Adobe Printer Font ASCII
• Adobe Printer Font Metrics
• Advanced Streaming Format
• Advanced Systems Format (ASF)
• Agda Source Code
• Aldus Freehand Mac
• Aldus PageMaker
• Alloy Source Code
• Amiga IFF (8SVX) Sound
• Amiga MOD
• Amiga Metafile
• Android Package Kit (APK)
• Apex Source Code
• Apple Binary Property List format
• Apple Core Audio Format
• Apple Desktop Services Store file
• Apple Double
• Apple ISO-BMFF QuickTime video
• Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 audio
• Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 audio book
• Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 protected audio
• Apple MPEG-4 Part 14 video
• Apple Single
• Apple XML Property List format
• Apple iChat format
• Apple iWork 2013 Keynote format
• Apple iWork 2013 Numbers format
• Apple iWork 2013 Pages format
• Apple iWork Numbers
• Apple iWorks Keynote
• Apple iWorks Pages
• Apple/NeXT typedstream data
• AppleScript Binary Source Code
• AppleScript Source Code
• AppleWorks File
• Applix Bitmap image
• Applix Builder
• Applix Graphics
• Applix Spreadsheets
• Applix Words
• Arduino Source Code
• AsciiDoc Source Code
• AspectJ Source Code
• Assembly Code
• Audible Enhanced Audiobook
• Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) Sound
• AutoCAD Drawing (DWG)
• AutoCAD Drawing Exchange
• AutoDesk Animator FLIC
• AutoDesk Animator Pro FLIC
• AutoDesk WHIP
• AutoShade Rendering
• Autodesk Design Web
• Autodesk Maya ASCII file
• Autodesk Maya binary file
• Awk Source Code
• B1  format
• BBC Dirac video
• BinHex Archive
• Bink audio-video container
• Bitmap
• BlackBerry Activation File
• BlitzMax Source Code
• Bluespec Source Code
• Borland Reflex 2 format 
• Brainfuck Source Code
• Brightscript Source Code
• Bzip2
• C Source Code
• C# Source Code
• C++ Source Code
• CAD Binary Logging
• CAD Measurement Data
• CADAM Drawing
• CADAM Drawing Overlay
• CATIA Formats (CAT*)
• CDA / DDIF
• CEOwrite
• CLIPS Source Code
• CMake Source Code
• COBOL Source Code
• COMET TOP Word
• CPIO Archive
• CPT
• CWeb Source Code
• Cadam Drawing
• Calamus Desktop Publishing
• Canon Digital Camera image
• Canon Raw image
• CartoCSS Source Code4
• Cascading Style Sheet
• Casio Digital Camera image
• Catia Drawing
• Ceylon Source Code
• Chapel Source Code
• Chinese AVS video
• Clarion Source Code
• Clean Source Code
• Clojure Source Code
• CoffeeScript Source Code
• Comma Separated Values
• Common Lisp Source Code
• Compactor / Compact Pro
• Component Pascal Source Code
• Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
• Conifer Wavpack format
• Convergent Design file
• Convergent Technologies DEF Comm. Format
• Cool Source Code
• Coq Source Code
• Corel Draw
• Corel Presentations
• Corel Quattro Pro
• Creative Signal Processor codec
• Creative Voice (VOC)
• Creole Source Code
• Crystal Source Code
• Csound Document Source Code
• Csound Source Code
• Cuda Source Code
• Curses Screen Image
• dBase Database
• D Source Code
• DCA-FFT (IBM Final Form)
• DCF Script
• DCS
• DECdx
• DG Common Data Stream (CDS)
• DIGITAL Command Language Source Code
• DLS Downloadable Sounds
• DMB MAF audio
• DMB MAF video
• DOS/Windows Object Module
• DSA101 (Honeywell Bull)
• Data Interchange Format (DIF)
• DeVice Independent file (DVI)
• Debian binary package
• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
• Digital Interface Format (DIF) DV video
• Digital Media Project Content
• Digital Video Broadcast
• Disk Doubler
• Disk Image
• Display Write
• Dockerfile
• Documentum EMCMF format
• EBCDIC Text
• ELF Dynamic Library
• ELF Executable
• ELF Relocatable
• Eiffel Source Code
• Electronic Publication
• EmailXtender Native Message (ONM)
• Embedded OpenType font
• EnCase Forensic Image
• Enable Spreadsheet
• Enable Word Processing
• Encapsulated PostScript
• Encrypted Adobe PDF
• Encrypted Microsoft Excel
• Encrypted Microsoft PowerPoint
• Encrypted Microsoft Word
• Enhanced Window Metafile
• Envoy
• Erlang Source Code
• Executable (EXE, DLL)
• Executable (Unix, VAX, SUN)
• Extended or Custom XML
• F# Source Code
• FPX Format
• FTP Session Data
• Fax Systems (CCITT, DCX)
• FileMaker (Mac)
• FileShare Encrypted
• Flash video File
• Flexible Image Transport System FITS image
• Folio Flat File
• Fortran Source Code
• Founder Chinese E-paper Basic (ceb)
• Framework
• Framework II
• Free Lossless Audio Codec
• GEM Bit Image
• GEM VDI
• GIF
• GIMP XCF image
• GNU Message Catalog
• GZ Compress Encapsulation
• General Ogg Container
• Generic XML
• Ghost Disk Image File
• Git Packfile
• Go Source Code
• Google Doc
• Google Drawings
• Google Forms
• Google My Maps
• Google Sheets
• Google Sites
• Google SketchUp
• Google Slides
• Groovy Source Code
• Group Wise File Surf email
• HP Graphics Language
• HP Graphics Language (Plotter)
• HP Printer Control Language (PCL)
• HP Word PC
• HTML
• Hancom Hangul
• Harvard Graphics
• Harvard Graphics Chart
• Harvard Graphics Configuration File
• Harvard Graphics Palette
• Harvard Graphics Symbol File
• Haskell Source Code
• Health Level7 Message
• Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
• Hierarchical Data Format HDF4
• Hierarchical Data Format HDF5
• High Efficiency Image Format HEVC image
• High Efficiency Image Format image
• High Efficiency Image Format image sequence
• IBM 1403 Line Printer
• IBM DCA RFT
• IBM Lotus Domino DXL
• IBM Lotus Notes Database NSF/NTF
• IBM Writing Assistant
• ICHITARO Compressed format
• ICHITARO V4-10
• IFF Amiga animated raster graphics
• IFF Animated Bitmap
• IFF Glow Icon image
• IFF Planar BitMap
• IFF TDDD and Imagine Object animation
• IFF-DEEP TVPaint image
• IFF-FAXX Facsimile image
• IFF-MAUD MacroSystem audio
• IRIX Silicon Graphics moviemaker video file
• ISMACryp 2.0 Encrypted
• ISO 10303-21 STEP
• ISO disc image
• ISO-BMFF Dirac Wavelet compression
• ISO-BMFF JPEG 2000 compound image
• ISO-BMFF JPEG 2000 image
• ISO-BMFF JPEG 2000 with extensions
• ISO-BMFF MPEG-4 with AVC extension
• Initialization (INI) file
• InstallShield Cabinet Archive
• InstallShield Uninstall
• InstallShield Z archive
• Intergraph Standard File Format (ISFF) V7 DGN (non-OLE)
• Interleaf
• Interleaved BitMap image
• International Color Consortium files
• Internet Archive ARC
• Interplay MVE video
• JBIG2 File Format
• JPEG
• JPEG 2000 PGX Verification Model image
• JPEG Network Graphics
• Java Class format
• Java JCE Key Store
• Java Key Store
• Java Source Code
• Javascript Source Code
• KDDI Video file
• Keepass Password file
• Keyhole Markup Language
• LHA Archive
• LS-DYNA State Database
• LS-DYNA binary output (binout)
• LZMA compressed data
• Lasergraphics Language
• Legato EMailXtender Archive
• LightWave Object
• Lotus 1-2-3
• Lotus 1-2-3 Formatting
• Lotus AMI Pro
• Lotus Ami Pro Style Sheet
• Lotus Freelance Graphics
• Lotus Notes CDF
• Lotus PIC
• Lotus ScreenCam
• Lotus Word Pro
• Lua Source Code
• Lyrix Word Processing
• MAF Photo Player
• MASS-11
• MATLAB file format
• MIDI
• MORE Database MAC
• MP3 (MPEG Audio)
• MPEG Movie
• MPEG Sequence
• MPEG Transport Stream data
• MPEG-21
• MPEG-4
• MPEG-PS container with CDXA stream
• MS Visio 2013 stencil Macro format
• MS Visio 2013 stencil format
• MS Visio 2013 template Macro format
• MS Visio 2013 template format
• Mac Disk Copy Disk Image File
• Mac PICT
• MacBinary
• MacPaint (PNTG)
• MacWrite
• Macromedia Director
• Macromedia Flash
• Magick Image File
• Makefile
• Maker Markup Language
• Matroska video File
• MediaWiki File
• MicroStation V8 DGN (OLE)
• Micrografx Designer 
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Backup
• Microsoft Cabinet
• Microsoft DirectDraw Surface container
• Microsoft Document Imaging Format
• Microsoft Entourage Database Format
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Excel Macro
• Microsoft Exchange Server Database file format
• Microsoft Help 2.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS installation compression (SZDD, KWAJ)
• Microsoft Office Drawing
• Microsoft Office Groove Format
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Outlook (MSG, PST)
• Microsoft Outlook Express (EML)
• Microsoft Outlook Express DBX
• Microsoft Outlook OST
• Microsoft Outlook Restricted Permission Message
• Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh format
• Microsoft Outlook iCalendar file format
• Microsoft Outlook vCard file format
• Microsoft Power BI Desktop
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Program Database
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft RTF
• Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Windows Icon Format (ICO) Graphics
• Microsoft Windows Imaging Format WIM
• Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF)
• Microsoft Windows NT Event Log
• Microsoft Windows Registry
• Microsoft Windows Vista Event Log
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Word 2007 XML - Flat xml
• Microsoft Word for PC Glossary
• Microsoft Works
• Microsoft Works Communication
• Microsoft Works Database
• Microsoft Works Spreadsheet
• Microsoft Write
• Microsoft XPS
• Milestone Document
• Mobile QuickTime video
• Motion JPEG 2000
• Mozilla XUL Fastload
• MultiMate 4.0
• MultiMate Advantage
• MultiMate Advantage Footnote File
• MultiMate Advantage II
• MultiMate Advantage II Footnote File
• MultiMate Footnote File
• Multiplan Spreadsheet
• Multiple-image Network Graphics
• Musepack audio
• MySQL table definition file
• NBI Async Archive Format
• NBI Net Archive Format
• NIOS TOP
• NIST Speech Header Resources
• NOFF 3D Object File
• NTT MPEG-4
• NTT TwinVQ audio
• NURSTOR Drawing
• Nastran OP2
• National Instruments LabVIEW file
• Navy DIF
• NeWS bitmap font
• NeXT/Sun Audio Data
• Nero AAC audio
• Nero Encrypted File
• Nero MPEG-4 profile
• Nero MPEG-4 profile with AVC extension
• Netscape Address Book
• Netscape Bookmark File
• Netware Loadable Module
• Notation Interchange File
• Novell Corel WordPerfect
• Nurstor Drawing
• ODA / ODIF
• ODF Drawing
• ODF Formula
• OLE Compound Document
• OLE DIB object
• OLIDIF (Olivetti)
• OMA DRM (ISOBMFF) Format
• OS/2 PM Metafile Graphics
• Oasis Open Document Presentation
• Oasis Open Document Spreadsheet
• Oasis Open Document Text
• Oasys
• Objective-C Source Code
• Objective-C++ Source Code
• Objective-J Source Code
• Office 2007 document
• Office Writer
• Ogg Container FLAC audio
• Ogg OGM video
• Ogg Opus audio
• Ogg Speex audio
• Ogg Theora Video
• Omni Graffle XML File
• Omni Outliner
• Open Inventor ASCII
• Open Inventor Binary
• OpenEXR image
• OpenPGP Message Format
• OpenType Font
• Origin Wing Commander III MVE movie
• Outlook Express DBX folder database
• PAK/ARC Archive
• PC PaintBrush (PCX)
• PCD Format
• PEM-encoded RSA private key
• PEM-encoded SSL certificate
• PEX Binary Archive (SUN)
• PGP Encrypted
• PHP Source Code
• PKCS #12 (p12) format
• PLSQL Source Code
• PRIMEWORD
• PTC Creo CAD
• PaintShop Pro image
• Panasonic Digital Camera image
• PaperPort image file
• Paradox (PC) Database
• Pascal Source Code
• Password-Protected ZIP Archive
• PeachCalc
• Perl Source Code
• Persuasion Presentation
• Philips Script
• Pixar RenderMan Interface Bytestream file
• PlanPerfect
• Portable Greymap Utilities ASCII Format 
• Portable Greymap Utilities Binary Format
• Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
• Portable Pixmap Utilities ASCII Format
• Portable Pixmap Utilities Binary Format
• PostScript File
• PostScript Type 1 Font
• PowerISO Direct Access Archive
• PowerShell Source Code
• Program Information File (PIF)
• Prolog Source Code
• Puppet Source Code
• Python Source Code
• Q & A for DOS
• Q & A for Windows
• Q-One V1.93J
• Q-One V2.0
• Qt binary translation file
• Qualcomm QCP audio
• QuarkXPress
• QuarkXPress Intel
• QuickTime Movie
• Quickdraw 3D Metafile
• R Source Code
• RAR Archive
• RAR5
• RIFF Multimedia Movie
• RMS Encrypted Microsoft Excel
• RMS Encrypted Microsoft PowerPoint
• RMS Encrypted Microsoft Word
• RPM Package Manager file
• RealAudio
• RealLegal E-Transcript File
• RealMedia
• Reflex
• Ross video
• Ruby Source Code
• Rust Source Code
• SAMNA Word
• SAP compression archive SAR
• SAS7BDAT database storage
• SDA SD Memory Card video
• SEG-Y Seismic Data format
• SGI Image
• SGML document
• SMTP Document
• SQLite database
• SUN vfont Definition
• SYLK Spreadsheet
• Samsung Electronics Jungum Global document
• Samsung stereoscopic stream
• Scala Source Code
• Scalable Vector Graphics image
• Sega FILM video
• Serialized Object Format (SOF)
• Shapefile
• Shapefile binary spatial index
• Shell Source Code
• Simple Vector format (SVF)
• Skype Log File
• Smalltalk Source Code
• SmartWare II
• Solid Works Drawing
• Sony PSP MPEG-4
• Sony Wave64 format
• Sony XAVC video
• SoundFont file
• Speedo Font
• Standard ML Source Code
• Star Office 4,5 Calc Spreadsheet
• Star Office 4,5 Impress Presentation
• Star Office 4,5 Math
• Star Office 4,5 Writer Text
• StarOffice Presentation XML
• StarOffice Spreadsheet XML
• StarOffice Text XML
• Steinberg CuBase file
• StuffIt Archive
• Subversion Dump
• Sun Raster
• Supercalc
• Swift Source Code
• Symphony
• Synthetic music Mobile Application 
• TAR Archive
• TCPdump packet stream capture savefile f
• TIFF
• Tableau Data Source
• Tableau Extract
• Tableau Map Source
• Tableau Packaged Data Source
• Tableau Packaged Workbook
• Tableau Preferences
• Tableau Workbook
• Targon Word
• TeX Typesetting File
• Tool Command Language (Tcl) Source Code
• Transmission Neutral Encapsulation (TNEF)
• True Audio
• TrueType Font
• TrueType font collection
• Truevision Targa
• TypeScript Source Code
• UGS Jupiter Tesselation file
• USENET
• UU Encoded
• UltraCalc
• Unicode Text
• Unigraphics (UG) NX CAD Format
• Uniplex
• Uniplex Ucalc
• Universal 3D file
• Unix Compress Encapsulation
• Unix SHAR Encapsulation
• Unknown
• Unknown Encrypted File
• VICAR image format
• VMware Virtual Disk Format 5.0
• VRML
• Vector CAD ASCII ASC
• Vector Open Diagnostic Data Exchange
• Verilog Source Code
• Video for Windows
• Vistaword
• Visualization Toolkit VTK ASCII
• Visualization Toolkit VTK Binary
• Vivo audio-video
• Volkswriter
• WANG Office GDL Header
• WANG PC
• WANG WITA
• WANG WPS
• WAV Sound
• WPS-PLUS
• Web ARChive
• Web Open Font
• WebM video file
• WebP image
• Westwood Studios Vector Quantized Animation video file
• Wildfire YAFA animation
• Window Media Video Format (WMV)
• Windows Animated Cursor
• Windows C++ Object Storage
• Windows Cursor
• Windows Group
• Windows Help File
• Windows Journal format
• Windows Media Audio
• Windows Media File
• Windows Micrografx Draw (DRW)
• Windows Palette
• Windows Scrap
• Windows Script File
• Windows Television DVR
• Windows shortcut file
• Wireless Markup Language
• Wolfram Mathematica Computable Document
• Wolfram Mathematica Notebook
• Wolfram Mathematica Source Code
• Word Connection
• WordERA
• WordMARC
• WordPerfect Configuration File
• WordPerfect Driver
• WordPerfect Graphics
• WordPerfect Hyphenation Dictionary
• WordPerfect Macro
• WordPerfect Miscellaneous File
• WordPerfect Resource File
• WordPerfect Spelling Dictionary
• WordPerfect Thesaurus
• WordPerfect auxiliary file
• WordStar
• WriteNow
• X Pixmap Format
• X Window Dump image
• X11 Portable Compiled Font file
• XFDL
• XPConnect Typelib 
• XZ archive format
• Xara X Xar image
• Xerox 860
• Xerox DocuWorks
• Xerox Writer
• Xiph Ogg Vorbis
• Xiph Ogg Vorbis format
• XyWrite
• Y Encoded
• YAML File
• Yahoo Instant Messenger History
• Yahoo! Messenger chat log
• ZBrush ZProject (ZPR)
• ZBrush ZTtool (ZTL)
• ZIP Archive
• Zipped Keyhole Markup Language