How to open the .json file on my desktop?

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I cannot locate a response to my question as to how do I open the .json file?

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Hello @azpat0 - welcome to the Bitwarden community.

You can open a JSON file in any text editor (e.g., Notepad). It is a formatted text file with a specific syntax, and it does not require a client app to view the contents.

See more info in this excellent tutorial here:

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Assuming a Windows operating system, right-click the .json file and select Open With, then select Notepad, WordPad, or any other text editor that you have installed. If you leave the option “Always use this app to open .json files” checked, then you will be able to just double-click the .json file if you want to open it again in the future.

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Most people want to see a structured indented version of the JSON data. The optimal thing to do is to save the json file to the local hard drive, then open it with the Firefox browser. The browser will parse it, and if it passes validation, will show you all the keys and values in a nice readable format. You can click on tabs to show the raw data, in that you can click on pretty print to see a nice human readable indented format.