Find out the real MIME type / content type of any file. How to check MIME types with the Bagiqo file MIME type checker.
The MIME type tells a server or browser what kind of content a file is, such as image/png or text/html. Sometimes a file has the wrong extension and you need to know its true type.
The file MIME type checker inspects a file and reports its actual content type.
How to use it
- Open the MIME type checker.
- Upload the file.
- Read the detected type.
Useful for
- Checking an upload before processing it.
- Fixing files with misleading extensions.
- Debugging why a download is served as text or binary.
For image internals, combine with the EXIF reader.