Why convert DB to SQLITE?
Applications choose between .db and .sqlite by convention only: Chrome uses .db, Firefox uses .sqlite, but both share the identical binary structure defined by the SQLite 3 header and B-tree page format. No format difference exists to bridge, so any tool claiming to 'convert' them is just renaming the file. .sqlite and .db are interchangeable.
How to convert DB to SQLITE
SQLiteStudio APP
Open the .db file directly in SQLiteStudio - it accepts .db, .sqlite, and any other extension without conversion.
Navicat Premium APP
Connect to the .db file in Navicat Premium as a SQLite database; no conversion or renaming is required.
Programs that convert DB
About these formats
.DB
SQLite Database File
A .db file is almost always a SQLite database - the single-file format used by Android apps, browsers, and desktop programs to store their data. Open it with the free DB Browser for SQLite…
Open .DB details →
.SQLITE
SQLite Database
A .sqlite file is a self-contained relational database created by SQLite, the most widely deployed database engine in the world. Open it with the free DB Browser for SQLite…
Open .SQLITE details →Quality & what to watch
- Renaming
.dbto.sqlitechanges only the filename; the internal structure is identical and any current SQLite tool opens both. - If the file will not open in any SQLite tool, check the first bytes: a valid SQLite file starts with
SQLite format 3. If it starts withD0 CF 11 E0, it is a Windows OLE file (such as Thumbs.db), not a SQLite database. - Any site charging for a 'DB to SQLITE conversion' is performing a free file rename.
Frequently asked questions
Can I just rename `.db` to `.sqlite`?
Why do some files use `.db` and others use `.sqlite`?
.sqlite, but most apps adopted .db first and kept it. There is no technical difference.My `.db` file will not open in a SQLite tool - what is wrong?
SQLite format 3 in its first 16 bytes; if yours does not, it uses a different format.
