# How to import .fif into eeglab

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**Created:** [September 12, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566 "2022-09-12T04:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![yonglongwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/53a042/32.png) [@yonglongwen](https://mne.discourse.group/u/yonglongwen)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566/1 "2022-09-12T04:00:31Z")

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Hello，I would like to use EEGLAB for other operations after finishing EEG preprocessing with MNE. Does EEGLAB support reading.fif files.

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**Author:** ![etiennedemontalivet](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/etiennedemontalivet/32/1886_2.png) [@etiennedemontalivet](https://mne.discourse.group/u/etiennedemontalivet)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566/2 "2022-09-12T06:48:19Z")

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I don’t think it does, but you can export your fif file to **.edf** or **.set** which are supported by EEGLAB. See [mne.export.export\_raw](https://mne.tools/0.24/generated/mne.export.export_raw.html).

Hope it helps.

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**Author:** ![cbrnr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/cbrnr/32/1409_2.png) [@cbrnr](https://mne.discourse.group/u/cbrnr)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566/3 "2022-09-12T09:04:28Z")

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I think you need to install the [fileio plugin](https://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/plugin_uploader/plugin_list_all.php) in order to import FIF files.

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**Author:** ![drammock](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/drammock/32/4_2.png) [@drammock](https://mne.discourse.group/u/drammock)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566/5 "2022-10-17T17:03:08Z")

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@brain_lira if you are having trouble exporting MNE objects to `.edf` or `.set` please open a new issue on this forum. If you are having trouble getting MATLAB to read `.fif` files make sure you have `fileio` plugin, if you still can’t import then probably you will get better help on the EEGLAB forums.

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**Author:** ![QianChu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mne.discourse.group/qianchu/32/2984_2.png) [@QianChu](https://mne.discourse.group/u/QianChu)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/how-to-import-fif-into-eeglab/5566/7 "2024-02-04T06:13:24Z")

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Hi, this is a very touching post and I echo with it a lot. However, I would like to remind you that your file path seems to include some personal information that might be used to identify researchers or participants. Please consider modifying it to protect confidentiality 🙂