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Updated:August 25, 2025
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    Introduction

    This document describes the complete list of file types supported for Data Loss Prevention scanning in Umbrella.

    List of Supported File Types

    To determine which file types Umbrella supports for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) scanning, review the comprehensive list provided in this article.

    File Type Extension Version Category
    Open Office Document .odt 1.1 - 4.x Word Processing
    Open Document Text .odt Word Processing
    Macintosh Formatted Text .txt Word Processing
    MS-DOS Formatted Text .txt Word Processing
    Adobe PDF .pdf 1.0 - 1.7 (Extension 3, 5)(Acrobat 1-11) Word Processing
    Adobe PDF XFA Forms .pdf Word Processing
    Microsoft Word for Windows .doc 1.x, 2.x Word Processing
    Microsoft Word for Windows .doc, .docx 6.x, 95, 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 Word Processing
    Microsoft Word for Mac .doc, docx 1-5, 5.1, 6 Word Processing
    Microsoft Word for Mac .doc, .docx 98, 2001, v. X, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 Word Processing
    Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows1 PPT 3.0-4.0 Presentation
    Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PPT, PPTX 97-2013, 2016 Presentation
    Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac PPT, PPTX 1-4, 98, 2001, v. X, 2004, 2008, 2011 Presentation
    Microsoft PowerPoint for Office 365 PPT, PPTX Presentation
    OpenOffice Impress ODP 1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x Presentation
    Microsoft Excel for Windows .xls 2.0 - 7.0 (Excel 95) Spreadsheet
    Microsoft Excel for Windows .xls, .xlsx 1997 (v.8) - 2010-2013,2016 Spreadsheet
    Microsoft Excel for Mac .xls 1, 1.5, 2.2, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 Spreadsheet
    Microsoft Excel for Mac .xls, .xlsx 8.0-15.0 Spreadsheet
    Microsoft Excel for Office 365 .xls, .xlsx Spreadsheet
    Excel Workbook .xlsx Spreadsheet
    Excel 97-2004 Workbook .xls Spreadsheet
    CSV .csv Spreadsheet
    Excel 97-2004 Template .xlt Spreadsheet
    Microsoft Excel 5.0/95 Workbook .xlsx Spreadsheet
    Tab-delimited Text .txt Spreadsheet
    Macintosh Comma-separated Values .csv Spreadsheet
    MS-DOS Comma-separated Values .csv Spreadsheet
    Strict Open XML Spreadsheet .xlsx Spreadsheet
    OpenDocument Spreadsheet .ods Spreadsheet
    7-Zip .7z Archive
    Bzip2 .bz2, .tbz2 Archive
    GNU Zip .gz 0.1,1.0 Archive
    UNIX Tar .tar Archive
    Roshal Archive .rar 1.5,2.0,2.9,5 Archive
    Roshal Archive (Multi-part) .rar Archive
    Zip .zip PKZip, WinZip Archive
    Zip (Multi-part) .zip Archive
    TGZ .tgz Archive
    Plain Text file (7-bit, 8-bit) TXT  Text File
    MS-DOS Batch File BAT  Text File
    DCF Script IC  Text File
    SGML  SGML  Text File
    HTML  HTM, HTML  Text File
    Netscape Bookmark File  Text File
    XML  XML  Text File
    Unicode text file  UNI  Text File
    Folio Flat File  FFF  Text File
    Omni Outliner V3 File  OO3  Text File
    Omni Outliner OPML File  OPML  Text File
    Skype Log File  DBB  Text File
    Unicode HTML  HTM, HTML  Text File
    Microsoft Outlook vCard file format  VCF  Text File
    Keyhole Markup Language  KML  Text File
    Wireless Markup Language  WML  Text File
    MediaWiki File  Text File
    Atom Syndication Format  ATOM  Text File
    RSS syndication XML format  RSS  Text File
    Psion EPOC TextEd file Text File
    XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) XLF Text File
    Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) XBRL Text File
    Rich Text Format  RTF 1.0, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9.1 Text File
    MusicXML format  MXL  XML
    FictionBook e-book XML format  FB2  XML
    Open eBook (OEBPS) XML format  OPF  XML
    Omni Graffle XML File  GRAFFLE  XML
    Visualization Toolkit VTK XML format  VTU  XML
    Microsoft Visio 2003 XML  VDX  XML
    OpenDocument format (OpenOffice 1/StarOffice 6.7) Drawing XML  SXD  XML
    JavaView XML (JVX) format  JVX  XML
    Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) XML document IFCXML XML
    OpenDocument format (OpenOffice 1/StarOffice 6,7) Presentation XML  SXD, SXI  XML
    Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 XML  PPTX, POTX, PPSX  XML
    Microsoft PPT Macro 2007 XML  PPTM, POTM, PPSM, PPAM  XML
    ChemDraw CDXML format  CDXML  XML
    Chemical Markup Language (CML) XML format  CML  XML
    Microsoft Excel 2003 XML  XML  XML
    OpenDocument format (OpenOffice 1/StarOffice 6,7) Spreadsheet XML  SXC, STC  XML
    Microsoft Excel 2007 XML  XLSX, XLTX  XML
    Microsoft Excel Macro 2007 XML  XLSM, XLTM, XLAM  XML
    XML  XML  XML
    RSS syndication XML format  RSS  XML
    XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) XLF XML
    Microsoft Word 2003 XML  XML  XML
    OpenDocument format (OpenOffice 1/StarOffice 6,7) Text XML  SXW  XML
    Microsoft Word 2007 XML – Docx  DOCX, DOTX  XML
    Microsoft Word Macro 2007 XML  DOCM, DOTM  XML
    Microsoft XML Paper Specification (XPS)  XPS, OXPS XML
    Microsoft Word 2007 XML – Flat XML XML  XML
    Adobe PDF XML Forms Data Format XFDF  XML
    Synchonized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) XML format  SMIL  XML
    XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF)  XSPF  XML
    RDF/XML format  RDF  XML
    Really Simple Discovery (RSD) XML format  RSD  XML
    Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML) XML format  SBML  XML
    Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) XML format  SRU  XML
    Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) XML format  SSML  XML
    Pronunciation Lexicon Specification (PLS) XML format  PLS  XML
    Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) XML format  TEI  XML
    Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) XML format  METS  XML
    Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) XML format  MODS  XML
    Metalink XML format  METALINK  XML
    Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS) XML format  SRGS  XML
    SPARQL Query Results XML format  SRX  XML
    Adobe XML Data Package format  XDP  XML
    Mozilla XML User Interface Language (XUL) XML format  XUL  XML
    Synchronization Markup Language (SyncML) XML format  XML  XML
    VoiceXML (VXML) XML format  VXML  XML
    YIN XML format  YIN  XML
    Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) XML format  XML  XML
    Extensible Data Format (XDF) XML format  XDF  XML
    MXML UI markup language XML format  MXML  XML
    Consolidated CDA document XML XML
    Ragel Source Code Source Code
    Rascal Source Code RSC  Source Code
    Rebol Source Code REB, REBOL  Source Code
    Red Source Code RED  Source Code
    Ren’Py Source Code RPY  Source Code
    RenderScript Source Code RS  Source Code
    Ring Source Code RING  Source Code
    RobotFramework Source Code ROBOT  Source Code
    SAS Source Code SAS  Source Code
    SPARQL format Source Code
    SQL format Source Code
    SQL PL Source Code Source Code
    SaltStack Source Code SLS  Source Code
    Scheme Source Code Source Code
    Scilab Source Code SCI  Source Code
    Squirrel Source Code NUT  Source Code
    Stan Source Code ST AN  Source Code
    Stata Source Code Source Code
    Stylus Source Code4  STYL  Source Code
    SuperCollider Source Code SC  Source Code
    SystemVerilog Source Code SV  Source Code
    TXL Source Code TXL  Source Code
    Turing Source Code T  Source Code
    Turtle Source Code TTL  Source Code
    UrWeb Source Code UR, URS  Source Code
    Vim script File VIM  Source Code
    Visual Basic Source Code VB  Source Code
    WebAssembly Source Code WAT  Source Code
    WebIDL Source Code WEBIDL  Source Code
    X10 Source Code X10  Source Code
    XQuery Source Code XQM  Source Code
    Xojo Source Code Source Code
    Xtend Source Code XTEND  Source Code
    YANG Source Code YANG  Source Code
    Zephir Source Code ZEP  Source Code
    eC Source Code EC  Source Code
    reStructuredText Source Code Source Code
    xBase Source Code Source Code
    Ceylon Source Code CEYLON  Source Code
    Chapel Source Code CHPL  Source Code
    Clarion Source Code CLW  Source Code
    Clean Source Code DCL, ICL  Source Code
    Component Pascal Source Code CP  Source Code
    Cool Source Code CL  Source Code
    Coq Source Code V  Source Code
    Creole Source Code CREOLE  Source Code
    Crystal Source Code CR  Source Code
    Csound Source Code ORC  Source Code
    Csound Document Source Code CSD  Source Code
    Cuda Source Code CU  Source Code
    D Source Code DCL, ICL  Source Code
    DIGITAL Command Language Source Code COM  Source Code
    DTrace Source Code D  Source Code
    Dart Source Code DART  Source Code
    E Source Code E  Source Code
    ECL Source Code ECL  Source Code
    Elm Source Code ELM  Source Code
    Emacs Lisp Source Code EL  Source Code
    EmberScript Source Code EM  Source Code
    Fantom Source Code FAN  Source Code
    Forth Source Code FOR, FORTH  Source Code
    FreeMarker Source Code FTL  Source Code
    Frege Source Code FR  Source Code
    G-code Source Code G  Source Code
    GAMS Source Code GMS  Source Code
    GAP Source Code Source Code
    GDScript Source Code GD  Source Code
    GLSL Source Code GLSL  Source Code
    Game Maker Language Source Code GML  Source Code
    Gnuplot Source Code GNU, GP  Source Code
    Golo Source Code GOLO  Source Code
    Gosu Source Code GS  Source Code
    Gradle Source Code GRADLE  Source Code
    GraphQL Source Code GRAPHQL  Source Code
    Graphviz (DOT) Source Code DOT  Source Code
    HLSL Source Code HLSL  Source Code
    Hack Source Code Source Code
    Haml Source Code HAML  Source Code
    Handlebars Source Code HBS  Source Code
    Hy Source Code HY  Source Code
    IDL Source Code PRO  Source Code
    IGOR Pro Source Code IPF  Source Code
    Idris Source Code IDR  Source Code
    Inform 7 Source Code I7X  Source Code
    Ioke Source Code IK  Source Code
    Isabelle Source Code Source Code
    J Source Code IJS  Source Code
    JSONiq Source Code JQ  Source Code
    JSX Source Code JSX  Source Code
    Jasmin Source Code J  Source Code
    Jolie Source Code Source Code
    Julia Source Code JL  Source Code
    KiCad Layout Source Code Source Code
    KiCad Schematic Source Code SCH  Source Code
    Kotlin Source Code KT  Source Code
    LFE Source Code LFE  Source Code
    LOLCODE Source Code LOL  Source Code
    Lasso Source Code LAS, LASSO  Source Code
    Limbo Source Code Source Code
    LISP Source Code LISP Source Code
    LiveScript Source Code LS  Source Code
    M Source Code M  Source Code
    MAXScript Source Code MS  Source Code
    Markdown Source Code MD  Source Code
    Matlab Source Code M  Source Code
    Max Source Code MXT  Source Code
    Mercury Source Code Source Code
    Modelica Source Code MO  Source Code
    Modula-2 Source Code MOD  Source Code
    Monkey Source Code MONKEY  Source Code
    Moocode Source Code MOO  Source Code
    NL Source Code NL  Source Code
    NSIS Source Code NSI  Source Code
    NetLogo Source Code NLOGO  Source Code
    NewLisp Source Code NL  Source Code
    Nginx Source Code VHOST  Source Code
    Nix Source Code NIX  Source Code
    Nu Source Code NU  Source Code
    OCaml Source Code Source Code
    OpenCL Source Code CL  Source Code
    OpenEdge ABL Source Code Source Code
    OpenSCAD Source Code SCAD  Source Code
    Ox Source Code OX  Source Code
    Oxygene Source Code OXYGENE  Source Code
    Oz Source Code OZ  Source Code
    PAWN Source Code PWN  Source Code
    PL/pgSQL Source Code PLSQL  Source Code
    Pan Source Code PAN  Source Code
    Parrot Assembly Source Code PASM  Source Code
    PicoLisp Source Code Source Code
    Pike Source Code PIKE  Source Code
    Pony Source Code PONY  Source Code
    Processing Source Code PDE  Source Code
    PureBasic Source Code PB  Source Code
    QMake File Source Code
    RAML Source Code RAML  Source Code
    RDoc Source Code RDOC  Source Code
    REXX Source Code REXX  Source Code
    Racket Source Code Source Code
    APPLESCRIPT  Y Source Code
    Assembly Code Source Code
    C Source Code C, H  Source Code
    C# Source Code CS  Source Code
    C++ Source Code CPP, HPP  Source Code
    Cascading Style Sheet CSS  Source Code
    Clojure Source Code CLJ, CL2  Source Code
    CoffeeScript Source Code COFFEE, CAKE  Source Code
    Common Lisp Source Code EL  Source Code
    Dockerfile Source Code
    Eiffel Source Code E  Source Code
    Erlang Source Code ERL, ES  Source Code
    F# Source Code FS  Source Code
    Fortran Source Code F  Source Code
    Go Source Code GO  Source Code
    Groovy Source Code GRT, GVY  Source Code
    Haskell Source Code HS  Source Code
    Initialization (INI) file Source Code
    Java Source Code JAVA  Source Code
    Javascript Source Code JS  Source Code
    Lua Source Code LUA  Source Code
    Makefile MAKE  Source Code
    Wolfram Mathematica Source Code M  Source Code
    Objective-C Source Code Source Code
    Objective-C++ Source Code Source Code
    Objective-J Source Code J  Source Code
    PHP Source Code PHP  Source Code
    PLSQL Source Code Source Code
    Pascal Source Code PASCAL  Source Code
    Perl Source Code PL  Source Code
    PowerShell Source Code PS1  Source Code
    Prolog Source Code PRO, PROLOG  Source Code
    Puppet Source Code PP  Source Code
    Python Source Code PY  Source Code
    R Source Code R  Source Code
    Ruby Source Code RB  Source Code
    Rust Source Code RS  Source Code
    Scala Source Code SC  Source Code
    Shell Script SH  Source Code
    Smalltalk Source Code ST  Source Code
    Standard ML Source Code ML  Source Code
    Swift Source Code SWIFT  Source Code
    Tool Command Language (Tcl) Source Code TM  Source Code
    TeX Typesetting File Source Code
    TypeScript Source Code TS  Source Code
    Verilog Source Code V  Source Code
    YAML File YML  Source Code
    ABAP Source Code ABAP  Source Code
    AMPL Source Code AMPL  Source Code
    APL Source Code APL  Source Code
    ASN.1 Source Code ASN  Source Code
    ATS Source Code Source Code
    Agda Source Code AGDA  Source Code
    Alloy Source Code ALS  Source Code
    Apex Source Code CLS  Source Code
    Arduino Source Code INO  Source Code
    AsciiDoc Source Code ASC  Source Code
    AspectJ Source Code AJ  Source Code
    Awk Source Code AWK  Source Code
    BlitzMax Source Code BMX  Source Code
    Bluespec Source Code BSV  Source Code
    Brainf*ck Source Code B, BF  Source Code
    Brightscript Source Code BRS  Source Code
    CLIPS Source Code CLP  Source Code
    CMake Source Code CMAKE  Source Code
    COBOL Source Code CBL, CCP, COB, CPY  Source Code
    CWeb Source Code W  Source Code
    CartoCSS Source Code MSS  Source Code

    Revision History

    Revision Publish Date Comments
    1.0
    03-Sep-2025
    Initial Release
    TAC Authored

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