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Updated: 2026-05-01

Victor Bobrov Written by: Victor Bobrov

How to repair a damaged Adobe Illustrator file

A step-by-step description of repairing data from incorrect *.ai Adobe Illustrator files:

  1. Download, install and open the Illustrator Repair Toolbox: https://www.repairtoolbox.com/download/IllustratorRepairToolboxInstall.exe.
  2. Select a damaged AI file.
  3. Click the Analyze button.
  4. Specify the name of the new restored file.
  5. Click the Save file button.
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How to repair ai files?

How to repair .ai file? Illustrator Repair Toolbox designed to repair damaged Illustrator file and *.ai files.

Adobe Illustrator repair file software features:

  1. Repair data from corrupted files for all versions of Adobe Illustrator.
  2. Repair known errors in the graphics editor software.
  3. Adobe Illustrator file repair software uses artificial intelligence to analyze illustration contents and check data completeness.
  4. Reconstruct illustrations from all graphic objects found in the file.
  5. Adobe Illustrator file repair utility creates an output file that loads rapidly in Adobe Illustrator.
  6. Display the number of repaired graphic objects in real-time.
  7. Use a special unique algorithm for data upload to reduce RAM usage when restoring large files.

If you need to repair Adobe Illustrator file then Download, install and start Illustrator Repair Toolbox .ai repair file tool is easy to use software.

Requirements

  1. Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10/11 or
  2. Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016 and above
Note:

Illustrator Repair Toolbox do not included GNU General Public License (GPL) or GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Illustrator Repair Toolbox is not a freeware or open source project. Repair Toolbox team distributed software under Try-before-Buy License with free DEMO version.

Buying Illustrator Repair Toolbox

Personal License $25

For personal use for noncommercial purposes

Business License $39

For legal use in enterprise, commercial and governmental environments

Site License $49

For using on several computers of the customer (up to 100 electronic devices) in one building or distributed between several buildings

Cost of online file recovery

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Buying the License Renewal of Illustrator Repair Toolbox

Purchase the License Renewal 1 Year Online

Personal License $12

For personal use for noncommercial purposes

Business License $19

For legal use in enterprise, commercial and governmental environments

Site License $25

For using on several computers of the customer (up to 100 electronic devices) in one building or distributed between several buildings

How it Works?

  1. Download software from website.Download

  2. Start Install software:

    1. Press on downloaded installation file in browser
    2. Select a downloaded installation file in Windows Explorer and press Enter or double click on it.
  3. Please confirm warning message.

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  4. Run installation wizard.

  5. Run program:

    1. Double click on icon on desktop
    2. or
    3. Select from main menu: Start | Programs | Illustrator Repair Toolbox | Illustrator Repair Toolbox.
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  6. Please select a damaged AI file on first page of repair wizard in Illustrator Repair Toolbox.

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  7. Press on Next button.

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  8. Select file name for new recovered file.

    select file name
  9. Press on Save file button.

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  10. On last page shows a detailed log of recovery process.

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Errors

With Illustrator Repair Toolbox you can fix next errors:

  • Can’t open the illustration. The illustration contains an illegal operand.
  • The file is damaged and could not be repaired.
  • An unknown error has occurred.
  • Can’t open the illustration. The illustration contains an incomplete or garbed object description.
  • Not enough memory to open illustration.

Screenshots

Selection of a damaged file
Analysis of the file and data recovery
Saving the recovered data
Viewing the log of performed operations

Video Manual

Victor G. Bobrov, Senior Software Engineer.

MCSD, MCDBA

Expert in Microsoft Access data structures and ACCDB/MDB repair algorithms with over 20 years of experience.

Customer's reviews and ratings

The Illustrator file recovery utility did its job perfectly

Ryan 09-06-2023

Fixed a bug in the file "Unknown file format" Adobe Illustrator. If not for Youtube, I probably would not have been able to get the rest of the picture from the PDF. By the way, to get the rest of the drawing, you do not need to use Adobe Acrobat, you can import ALL pages of the .PDF file into Illustrator.

OlG