How to open KeePass encrypted passwords database .kdb files
Have you had trouble opening the kdb file on your computer? What are kdb files? We explain what they are and recommend software that we know will open them.
What is kdb file?
Files with kdb file extension be found as encrypted password stashes from earlier version of KeePass password manager.
KeePass encrypted passwords database description
The kdb file extension is nowadays mainly associated with the KeePass, a password management software available for Microsoft Windows, Mac, Linux etc.
The .kdb file from KeePass represents an encrypted passwords database used in first versions of the program. The latest versions use kdbx databases instead.
KeePass databases are typically made up by two things:
- a header (not encrypted) containing various information on how to decrypt the database and information on the database
- the database, in XML and encrypted (normally).
Suggested software to open kdb file
KeePass Password Safe
Open source easy-to-use password manager
There are other KDB filename extensions with the same .kdb suffix
kdb - Doobs database
Files with kdb file extension can be also found as old databases for old Doobs viewer app for Pocket PC.
kdb - kinodb database
Files with kdb file extension can also be found as databases from kinodb platform-independent approach to database design and user interface implementation by datb.