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AAC to WAV

Anyfile converts an AAC audio to a WAV audio for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.

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What changes from AAC to WAV

Sound qualityNo further loss (what AAC already left out doesn’t come back)
Tags and cover artTitle, artist, album and cover carried over where WAV holds them; lyrics and some rarer tags aren’t yet
File sizeUsually larger: WAV compresses less tightly than AAC

When to use WAV: Recording, editing and mastering, and sound effects for video and games.

Options

Open the file in the audio editor to choose before downloading:

  • Bit depth: 16 or 24-bit, or 32-bit float

The two formats

.aac

AAC audioAdvanced Audio Coding

A lossy codec standardised by MPEG in 1997 as the successor to MP3, usually sounding better at the same bit rate. A bare .aac file holds the raw stream without an MP4 wrapper.

Streaming audio, digital radio and soundtracks taken from video files.

Opens in Music, QuickTime, VLC, Windows Media Player, most phones

About AAC files

.wav

WAV audioWaveform Audio File Format

Microsoft and IBM’s audio format from 1991. It normally stores uncompressed PCM samples, keeping full quality at the cost of large files.

Recording, editing and mastering, and sound effects for video and games.

Opens in Music, QuickTime, Windows Media Player, VLC, every audio editor

About WAV files

Questions

How do I convert AAC to WAV?

Drop your AAC file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the WAV downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the audio editor.

Is my AAC file uploaded anywhere?

No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.

Can I convert several AAC files at once?

Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every WAV inside.