Overview
What is TrID?
TrID is a utility designed to identify file types from their binary signatures.
In depth
A closer look at TrID
have you ever been in a situation where you don't know what application can handle a file? maybe because it's without any extensions, or it just doesn't make sense? this tool can help! trid is a utility designed to identify file types from their binary signatures. while there are similar utilities with hard coded rules, triid has no such rules. instead, it is extensible and can be trained to recognize new formats fast and easy.
Verdict
Should you download TrID?
TrID runs on
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 20 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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Verified clean. Every TrID build on SoftLookup is scanned for viruses, spyware, adware, trojans and backdoors. We re-test on every update.
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At a glance
TrID specifications
- Last updated
- Nov 22, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 20 KB
- Price
- Free
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- 509
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