CUR

Writable

image

Microsoft Windows Cursor file is a binary system file. CUR pointer images come in different standard sizes such as 16x16 and 32x32. They are a stationary image format similar to an ICO (icon) file. CUR files are found alongside the installation of Microsoft Windows and were first introduced in Microsofts Windows 1.0 operating system in 1981.

Identify it

Extensions	`.cur`
MIME types	`image/x-win-bitmap`
Signatures	`00000200` at byte 0 (Microsoft Windows Cursor)
PRONOM	`fmt/385`
Wikidata	`Q28205488`

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To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
BMP 5.0	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossless	in browser Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
PNG	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.cur out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
PNG	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossless	in browser Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Quite OK Image Format	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossless	in browser Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
TIFF	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.cur out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
TIFF	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossless	in browser Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
PDF	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser The image is embedded in a PDF page.
AVIF	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Lossy compression.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cur out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Reduced to 256 colours.
ICO	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Icons are limited to 256 × 256 pixels.
JFIF 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cur out.jpg` Lossy compression.
JFIF 1.02	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Lossy compression.
JPEG XL	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cur out.webp` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Lossy	in browser Lossy compression.

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), WebAssembly engines (ImageMagick, FFmpeg, Pandoc, 7-Zip, GDAL, Assimp, resvg), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-26.

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