Open WDB files in your browser
Microsoft Works' database, for address books, collections and lists. Open one right here as a sheet of its records. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your workbook opens at the sheet it was saved on, drawn as its app draws it, with its tabs along the bottom.
- Every sheet • Formats, merges and frozen panes
- Show formulas • Behind every value
- Show as a table • Sort, filter and search
- Export • Save a sheet or all of them as CSV
About WDB
Every version of Microsoft Works had a database next to its word processor and spreadsheet, and people kept their address books, recipe cards, record collections and club members in it as .wdb files. Works was discontinued in 2007, and nothing from Microsoft opens a WDB anymore.
A WDB holds a table of records: each field's name and type, text, numbers and dates, then every record's values, with the forms and reports Works laid them out in. The format changed between the DOS and Windows versions of Works, and Filepeek reads both.
Filepeek reads the database with libwps, the open source reader LibreOffice uses, compiled to WebAssembly, and shows its records as rows and its fields as columns. Show as a table sorts, filters and searches them, and Export saves them as CSV for any spreadsheet or database.
Works database
.wdb
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.ms-works
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Released
- 1987
Inside the file
- Records
- A row each
- Fields
- Text, numbers and dates
- Written by
- Works for DOS and Windows
- Next
- Works 8 and 9 still saved WDB
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens WDB files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. Nothing from Microsoft opens them now, and browsers only download them.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open WDB
- WindowsLibreOffice Calc opens it • Works is no longer sold
- MacLibreOffice Calc opens it
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidNo app built in opens it
Questions
How do I open a Works database without Works?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a WDB. Its records open as rows of a sheet, one column for each field.
Can I get my records into Excel?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as CSV, and open the CSV in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets.
Do its forms and reports show?
No. Filepeek shows the records themselves, every field of each, without the forms Works laid them out in.