Supported file formats

IDA Pro can disassemble all popular file formats. The list contains some, but not all, of the file types handled by IDA Pro.

  • MS DOS

  • EXE File

  • MS DOS COM File

  • MS DOS Driver

  • New Executable (NE)

  • Linear Executable (LX)

  • Linear Executable (LE)

  • Portable Executable (PE) (x86, x64, ARM, etc)

  • Windows CE PE (ARM, SH-3, SH-4, MIPS)

  • Mach-O for OS X and iOS (x86, x64, ARM and PPC)

  • Dalvik Executable (DEX)

  • EPOC (Symbian OS executable)

  • Windows Crash Dump (DMP)

  • XBOX Executable (XBE)

  • Intel Hex Object File

  • MOS Technology Hex Object File

  • Netware Loadable Module (NLM)

  • Common Object File Format (COFF)

  • Binary File

  • Object Module Format (OMF)

  • OMF library

  • S-record format

  • ZIP archive

  • JAR archive

  • Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)

  • Watcom DOS32 Extender (W32RUN)

  • Linux a.out (AOUT)

  • PalmPilot program file

  • AIX ar library (AIAFF)

  • PEF (Mac OS or Be OS executable)

  • QNX 16 and 32-bits

  • Nintendo (N64)

  • SNES ROM file (SMC)

  • Motorola DSP56000 .LOD

  • Sony Playstation PSX executable files,

  • object (psyq) files

  • library (psyq) files

Check out the list of supported processors and screenshots of many processor disassemblies in the gallery.

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