CAF to WAV converter
Convert CAF to WAV in seconds, free and unlimited. No upload, no sign-up, no watermark: your audio never leaves your device.
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Quick answer: To convert CAF to WAV, add the CAF file to the iHateFiles CAF to WAV converter and press Convert. The conversion runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded, and it is free with no sign-up, watermark or size limit. CAF is a format most software has stopped opening. WAV is not.
Should you convert CAF to WAV?
Yes. Very little current software opens CAF, so converting it is the way to keep listening to it. Pick a generous bitrate.
What is inside the CAF decides the loss
A CAF can hold PCM, ALAC or AAC. If it holds a lossless one, the WAV is an exact copy. If it holds a lossy one, the WAV faithfully preserves what was already discarded.
Track details may not follow
CAF carries artist, album and cover art tags well. WAV has little or no room for them, so a music library that relies on tags may show the WAV as an untitled file.
Where the WAV will play
WAV plays on every editor, DAW and operating system.
CAF and WAV side by side
| CAF | WAV | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the file | PCM, ALAC or AAC | uncompressed PCM |
| Compression | Depends on the codec inside | Lossless |
| Carries sound | Yes | Yes |
| One minute of stereo | anything from 1 to 10 MB | about 10 MB |
| Plays on | Needs converting first | every editor, DAW and operating system |
| Here | Read only | Read and write |
What usually goes wrong
About the CAF. A CAF can contain compressed audio, so converting one to WAV does not necessarily make it lossless: that depends on what was inside.
About the WAV. Converting an MP3 to WAV makes the file ten times larger without recovering anything. The detail the MP3 discarded is gone.
How to convert CAF to WAV
- Add your CAF file. It is read from your disk and stays there.
- Check the settings. The output format is already set to WAV.
- Press convert and the WAV file is saved back to your device.
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Questions
How do I convert CAF to WAV?
Open this page, add your CAF file, and press convert. The file is decoded and re-encoded by your own browser and saved back to your device. Nothing is uploaded.
Is this CAF to WAV converter free?
Yes, completely. There is no account, no sign-in, no watermark and no daily limit, because there is no server doing the work. Your own device does it.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
No. There is no upload endpoint. The conversion runs inside this browser tab, so your file never leaves your device. You can open your browser's network panel and watch: nothing carrying your file is sent.
Is there a file size limit?
No fixed limit. Because the work happens on your machine there is no server quota. The only ceiling is your own device's memory, which for video means very large files may be slow.
Will converting to WAV lose quality?
WAV is lossless, so this step throws nothing away. If the original was already a lossy format, the damage it did cannot be undone, but nothing further is lost.
Can I convert several CAF files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are converted one after another, then offered as a single ZIP.