EMBL file format description

Many people share .embl files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .embl file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .embl files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.embl - ENA EMBL Sequence

The EMBL data files are related to SnapGene. EMBL file is an ENA EMBL Sequence. The European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) provides a comprehensive record of the world's nucleotide sequencing information, covering raw sequencing data, sequence assembly information and functional annotation.

Application:

SnapGene

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

ENA EMBL Sequence related extensions:

.ab1: DNA Electropherogram File
.fasta: FASTA Sequence
.gbk: GenBank Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .embl file extension. Even harmful programs can create .embl files. Be especially cautious with .embl files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .embl file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.embl

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .embl file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

emb, ebl, eml, embp

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.emb: Wilcom Embroidery Data
.ebl: Ember EBL Bootloader
.embp: Mobipocket E-book Encrypted Auxiliary Data
.eml: Microsoft Outlook Express E-Mail
.mbl: Vernier Logger Pro Data

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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