Read your email archive — right here, nothing uploaded
Left a job and exported your mailbox? Have a .pst someone handed you? Need to search through years of old email? Drop the archive and browse it like an email client — entirely in your browser. Opening, viewing and searching are always free. $12 unlocks bulk export to PDF, EML or a CSV index.
Actual MBOX opened in-browser — message list, preview pane, and live search. Nothing was uploaded.
…or drag it anywhere onto this box. MBOX, OLM, PST or OST.
Nothing is uploaded. Parsing, indexing and searching run on your machine — feel free to watch the network tab.
Opening the archive locally — reading messages, building the search index. Your file has not left this browser.
How it works
Drop the archive
The parser runs in JavaScript on your machine. MBOX messages split on their envelope lines, OLM files unzip per-message XML, and PST/OST files are parsed from an in-memory buffer — nothing is sent over the network.
Search and read for free
Every message is indexed the moment the archive opens. Search by sender, subject or any word in the body — results appear instantly. Click any message to read it in the preview pane. Save individual messages as .eml or PDF at no charge.
Export the whole archive — $12 once
Unlock bulk export with one payment: save every message (or your current search results) to a combined PDF, individual .eml files (zipped), or a CSV manifest. The same archive re-exports free in this browser forever.
Straight answers
What formats do you open?
MBOX (the Unix standard used by Gmail Takeout, Thunderbird, Apple Mail and most Linux mail servers — files ending in .mbox or .mbx), OLM (the Outlook for Mac archive export, ending in .olm), and PST/OST (Outlook for Windows data files, ending in .pst or .ost). If you exported your Gmail via Google Takeout, you got MBOX. If you archived from Outlook on a Mac, you got OLM. If you have an Outlook data file from Windows, you have a PST.
Is my email really not uploaded anywhere?
Really. Parsing, indexing and searching are JavaScript running in your browser tab. The only network request this page makes is to Stripe for payment. Open your browser's developer tools, switch to the network tab, and watch while you open a large archive — your mail does not appear in the traffic. Email archives contain some of the most private information people own; the whole reason this tool exists is that you should not have to upload them to a stranger's server.
What's free and what costs $12?
Opening the archive, browsing folders, reading every message and searching the whole archive are always free — no timer, no message cap. Saving a single message as .eml or PDF is also always free. The $12 one-time unlock is for bulk export: saving the entire archive (or the current search results) to a combined PDF, a zip of .eml files, or a CSV index. Pay once for an archive; re-export the same file in this browser forever at no charge.
Can you open password-protected PST files?
No — and we say so plainly if we see one. A PST with an open-password is encrypted with real cryptography; the whole file is scrambled. Cracking it is a different act and not something we do. If you know the password, open the file in Outlook and remove the protection via File → Account Settings → Data Files first.
What happens with very large archives?
The entire archive is held in your browser's memory while it is open. Outlook PST files can run to tens of gigabytes; a typical browser tab can handle up to 4–8 GB before memory pressure causes problems. If the tab crashes, try exporting one folder at a time: search or select a folder first, then export just the visible messages.
What shows up on my card statement?
WEDGEWORKS* EMAILKIT — FileQuiet is made by Wedgeworks. $12, one time, per archive. No subscription, no 24-hour pass, nothing recurring.
I paid but my browser lost the archive (private mode). Am I stuck?
No. Drop the same file again and bulk export unlocks without another charge — your payment is remembered by this browser. Because the archive never touches our servers, we can't store it for you; the parsing simply runs again locally. If anything goes sideways, email support@shotfold.com with your Stripe receipt and we'll make it right.