How to extract files via WinRar

What is Winrar?

WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal of win.rar GmbH. It can create and view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats and unpack numerous archive file formats. To enable the user to test the integrity of archives, WinRAR embeds CRC32 or BLAKE2 checksums for each file in each archive. WinRAR supports creating encrypted, multi-part, and self-extracting archives.

WinRAR is a Windows-only program. An Android application called "RAR for Android" is also available.[6] Related programs include the command-line utilities "RAR" and "UNRAR"[7] and versions for macOS,[4] Linux, FreeBSD, Windows CE, and MS-DOS.

How to use Winrar?

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 Click "File" in the WinRAR menu, and then "Open." Select the ZIP file from the location you saved it on your computer.

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 Click the "Extract To" button, and select a location on your PC where you'd like to store the unzipped files.

 

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Click "OK" to confirm the operation and view the status of the extraction process on screen. When the process is complete, the box disappears.

 

Tip

• You may also drag the ZIP file from your desktop or Windows Explorer and drop it onto the WinRAR icon on the desktop or into the open WinRAR window to open it.

Open a RAR File in macOS

There are not as many choices for opening RAR files on macOSX as on the more popular Windows platform. There are still a few, however. We recommend the free app “The Unarchiver,” which has great support for multi-part archive files. After installation, you can launch The Unarchiver to associate file types with the app.

After associating file types, you can extract a RAR archive by simply double-clicking the file. The Unarchiver creates a folder with the same name as the archive and then extracts its contents to the new folder. Note that if you’re working with a multi-part RAR archive, you’ll need to open the first file in the set. The Unarchiver will handle the additional files in the set automatically.

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