What is a .PAB file?
PAB is a legacy Microsoft Outlook Personal Address Book.
- Did you know
- PAB held Outlook contacts before they moved into the main data file.
- The Personal Address Book was a MAPI component separate from Outlook’s own Contacts folder.
- Microsoft deprecated the PAB from Outlook 2002, and Outlook 2010 can only import one, never use it live.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more email, calendar and contact files: Outlook for Mac archives (.olm) and templates (.oft), S/MIME .p7m/.p7s, Mozilla Mork stores (.msf/.mab), Eudora/Outlook Express mailboxes (.mbx/.toc), phone backups (.vmg SMS, .vnt notes), XML/JSON iCalendar and vCard (.xcal/.jcal/.xcard/.jcard), LDIF (.ldi) and legacy address books (.pab/.wab/.abbu).
- Depth of analysis
- .PAB is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .PAB file
- Drag a .PAB file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.