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The clip art format of Windows 3 and old Office documents. Browsers can't show it, and Filepeek draws it right here. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your file opens at actual size, or shrunk to fit your screen.
- Actual size, or shrunk to fit
- Drag to pan • Pinch or scroll to zoom
- Fullscreen
- Export • Save as PNG or JPEG
About WMF
The Windows Metafile came with Windows 3.0 in 1990. It records a picture as the drawing calls Windows made, lines, shapes, text and bitmaps, so it can be played back at any size. Office's clip art, old documents and many Windows apps used it.
Most WMF files start with a placeable header that gives the picture its size, as clip art does. WMZ is a WMF compressed with gzip. Outside Windows, few apps show them.
Filepeek reads the metafile itself, draws it on white, and shows it like any image: zoom in and save it as PNG or JPEG.
Windows Metafile
.wmf • .wmz
Format
- MIME type
- image/wmf
- Made by
- Microsoft
- Released
- 1990
Inside the file
- Drawing
- Lines, shapes, text and bitmaps
- Header
- A placeable header with the size, often
- Compression
- None, or gzip as WMZ
Opens in every browser
Browsers can't show WMF files, and download them instead. Filepeek draws them in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Questions
How do I open a WMF file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a WMF. It's drawn at once in your browser, on any device.
Can I turn WMF clip art into a PNG?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as PNG or Save as JPEG.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The file opens inside your browser and never leaves your device.