MDB file is a database file by Microsoft Access. MDB file extension is .mdb. This post introduces how to open and edit MDB file with other MDB file viewers or openers. Besides, to help you recover deleted/lost files on Windows computer, MiniTool software provides a top data recovery tool.

An MDB file is a database file developed by Microsoft Access. In older versions of Microsoft Access (MS Access 2003 and earlier), the default database file format is MDB, while in newer versions of Microsoft Access, it is ACCDB format.

The MDB file may contain database queries, tables, data entry forms, database security settings, etc. It may also store data from other files like Excel, HTML, XML, etc.

The MDB file can be opened and edited with Microsoft Access. But if you receive a MDB or ACCDB file from others and you don’t have Microsoft Access installed on your computer, you may find other MDB file viewers and openers to open and edit MDB file without Microsoft Access.

Check below what tools can open MDB file and edit MDB file except Microsoft Access.

Microsoft Excel: You can use Microsoft Excel to open MDB file, but the data may be saved in other spreadsheet format.

MDBopener.com: This is a website service, and you don’t need to download it. You can use this free MDB file viewer to open MDB file or ACCDB file. It can also let you export the MDB tables to XLS or CSV.

MDB Viewer Plus: This professional free MDB file viewer and editor allows you to open, view and edit MDB and ACCDB files. You can also use it to create new blank database, create/rename/delete/open/view/edit table, add/remove/rename/modify fields, etc.

RIA-Media Viewer: It can also open and view MDB files. You can also use this tool to open and view PDF, XML, JPG, DBF, etc. However, it can’t edit these files.

Notepad: Since many files are text-only files, you may try to use a text editor like notepad to open MDB or ACCDB files.

Oxygen Professional Base: This MDB opener lets you easily open, view, edit, create MDB files.

Libre Office: You can use this MDB file viewer to view and edit MDB files for free. You can search, sift, modify, import, and export MDB files.

MDB Viewer: If you are using a Mac, this tool offers a trial edition lets you view and export MDB files, but it can’t edit database files.

As for how to open MDB file in Excel and convert MDB database file to other formats in Excel, you can just use Excel to open the MDB file and click File -> Save As, then choose a destination path and select a spreadsheet format like XLS, XML, CSV, etc. In this way, you can easily convert MDB file to Excel XLS or other formats.

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If you mistakenly deleted or lost an MDB file or any other file, you can use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to easily recover the deleted/lost files on Windows 10/8/7 PC for free.

Step 1. Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery after you download and install it. Select This PC in the left pane of main UI, and choose the partition in the right window which contains your deleted/lost MDB file.

Step 2. Next you can click Scan button to let this best data recovery software scan the data for you.

Step 3. Check and find your deleted/lost files in the recovery result after the scan process finishes. Select needed files and click Save button to store the recovered files to a new path.