NUMBERS file: How to open? The best software for opening numbers files

NUMBERS

Apple Numbers spreadsheet

File type: Spreadsheet and workbook file

Files with numbers extension can be traditionally found in a spreadsheet format of Apple Numbers application on Mac OS X (macOS), iOS, and as a web service. Numbers spreadsheets can only be opened in the Numbers app; no 3rd party program can open or convert it to another format.

What is numbers file?

File type category:
Spreadsheet and workbook file

Date updated: April 4, 2024

File extension numbers is best known for the default spreadsheet document format used by the Numbers app as a proprietary file format for Numbers documents, and it's very similar to the OpenOffice.org document format.

The numbers file is an archive containing all XML data, information, settings, graphs, functions, and pictures in the spreadsheet document.

Numbers was a part of the iWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages on macOS (OS X), iOS, and online service. You can buy the Numbers app as standalone software or download it for free if you have a new Mac, MacBook, or iPhone/iPad.

Apple Numbers is a competitive software to Microsoft Excel on the Windows platform.

How to open numbers file?

NUMBERS spreadsheets can be opened in iWorks Numbers, and installed on every new Mac.

Since .numbers spreadsheet is a ZIP container with the file extension numbers, you can rename the file extension numbers to zip and extract the file in WinZIP, WinRAR, or other archive applications that can open the zip files.

How to convert numbers file?

Apple Numbers supports converting or exporting .numbers documents to other spreadsheet formats, including the XLS, XLSX, PDF, etc. You can access this function via FILE|Export and convert or export *.numbers file to the format of your choice.

Suggested software to open numbers file:

Associated software actions with the numbers file

Open

Software applications that can open numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)

Edit

Software applications that can edit numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)

Save

Software capable of saving numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)

Create

Software apps that create numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)

Convert

Software apps that convert numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)

Import

Software apps that import numbers files:

LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Export

Software apps that export numbers files:

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Software apps that print numbers files:

Numbers for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

LibreOffice Calc (Multiplatform)

iWork for iCloud (On-line services)

Numbers for iOS (Apple iOS)