What is a .VCARD file?
A vCard is an electronic contact card. Opened by phones and address books.
- Did you know
- Many paper business cards now carry a vCard packed into a QR code, letting a phone camera capture the contact details in one scan.
- Originally proposed under the name Versitcard, the specification passed to the Internet Mail Consortium in December 1996 when the Versit Consortium disbanded.
- vCard 4.0, standardised as RFC 6350 in 2011, added fields for instant messaging and social profiles to the earlier 3.0 specification.
- What Analyser reads
- Open personal-information files: iCalendar .ics/.ical and .vcs (events, times, recurrence, organiser/attendees), vCard .vcf contacts (fields + inline base64 photo), LDIF directory exports and Windows .contact - with Outlook .msg/.pst, IBM Notes .nsf, Exchange .edb and Outlook Express .dbx identified. Email messages (.eml/.emlx/.mbox) now open in a full viewer - see Email above.
- Depth of analysis
- .VCARD 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 .VCARD file
- Drag a .VCARD 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.