{"id":158855,"date":"2023-09-05T08:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=158855"},"modified":"2024-07-09T07:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:03:43","slug":"extract-zip-rar-7z-tar-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/extract-zip-rar-7z-tar-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to extract Zip, TAR, 7z, and RAR files on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATED 7\/9\/2024:<\/strong> On Windows 11 23H2<\/a>, it’s possible to open and extract files from Zip, RAR, Tar, and 7-Zip archival containers natively through File Explorer without third-party applications, and in this guide, you will learn how.<\/p>\n

Although the operating system has included the ability to unzip files for a long time, you had to use third-party tools (such as 7Zip and WSL)<\/a> for other archival formats, such as RAR and 7-Zip. However, on version 23H2 and higher releases, Windows 11 is integrating the libarchive open-source project to bring support for many archival formats, including (but not limited to) “.tar,” .tar.gz,” “.tar.bz2,” “.tar.zst,” “.tar.xz,” “.tgz,” .tbz2,” “.tzst,” .txz,” .rar,”<\/strong> and “.7z”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new support integrates seamlessly with the new version of File Explorer, and the files will appear with the same zipped folder icon as the icon for “.zip” files.<\/p>\n

This guide<\/a> will teach you the easy steps to open and extract Zip, RAR, and 7-Zip containers on Windows 11 23H2 through File Explorer. (You can use these instructions to create archival formats on Windows 11 24H2<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Extract Zip, TAR, RAR, 7z files on Windows 11<\/h2>\n

On Windows 11 23H2, you can extract files from a “.zip,” “.tar,” .tar.gz,” “.tar.bz2,” “.tar.zst,” “.tar.xz,” “.tgz,” .tbz2,” “.tzst,” .txz,” .rar,” and “.7z” container in two ways. You can extract all or each item individually, and the instructions below will show you how.<\/p>\n