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XD files, explained

Straight answers for life after Adobe XD.

Open an XD file without Adobe XDDrop the .xd file above. Every artboard appears, with layers, sizes, colours and text, and nothing leaves your computer.
Turn an XD file into a PDFOpen the .xd file above, check the artboards look right, then save them all as one PDF, one page each.
Export XD artboards as SVG or PNGOpen the .xd file above, open any artboard and save it as SVG or PNG. One at a time is free.
Moving an XD design into FigmaAfterboard doesn’t make .fig files. It gives you clean SVGs of every artboard, which Figma imports as editable layers.
Adobe XD is discontinued. What now?Your .xd files don’t stop working. Here’s how to keep reading them and how to get the designs out while it’s easy.
View XD files on Windows, Mac, Chromebook and LinuxAny current browser opens .xd files on this page: Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, on any computer.
Developer handoff from an XD file, without XDOpen the .xd file above, click any layer for its exact specs, and export the whole design system as spreadsheets.