A .mny file is the data file of Microsoft Money: every account, transaction, category, payee and
investment you ever entered. Money is no longer sold or supported, its last edition only installs
on Windows, and no other program opens the file. This page reads it directly, on any computer,
including a Mac, a Chromebook or a new Windows PC where Money will not install.
How to open a .mny file
- Upload the
.mnyfile (or an.mbfbackup that Money made). If Money asks for a password when it opens the file, type that password in the Password box. - Check the preview: your accounts with their balances and number of transactions, and the first transactions of your busiest account.
- Download what you need: an Excel workbook to look through, CSV files, QIF files for Quicken, GnuCash or Moneydance, or OFX statements.
The Excel workbook has an Accounts sheet, one sheet per account with a running balance, and sheets for categories, payees, securities, holdings and investment transactions. Split transactions show each line under the transaction, and transfers name the other account.
On a Mac
Money for Windows does not run on macOS, and files copied from an old PC are often all that is
left. Upload the .mny file from your Mac's Finder; the Excel workbook opens in Numbers or Excel
for Mac, and the QIF or OFX files import into Mac finance programs such as Moneydance or
Banktivity.
Things to know
- Which file? Money keeps your data in one
.mnyfile, usually in Documents, named after you or "My Money". Backups end in.mbf. - Passwords: a file protected in Money needs its password. Capital and small letters do not matter.
- Balances are checked: Money stored each account's balance in the file, and the results tell you how many of your balances match it.
- Old versions: files from Money 98 to Money Plus Sunset are read, US, UK and other editions alike.
Your file is used only to produce your downloads, and the results are deleted after 30 minutes.
More about what this tool reads and writes: Microsoft Money File Converter (.mny).