How to extract .RAR files for free on Windows and Mac

How to extract .RAR files for free on Windows and Mac


How to extract .RAR files for free on Windows and Mac


Ever  a file and noticed it had a weird .rar file extension? RAR is a compressed file format similar to ZIP files. This article will show you how to open RAR files on Windows or macOS.

table of contents

  • How to open RAR files in Windows
  • How to open RAR files on macOS
  • How to Extract RAR File on Linux
  • How to open RAR files in Windows


Windows has various applications that can open RAR files. The default choice is WinRAR, created by the developers of the RAR file format, but it's not a free app. WinRAR is the best choice for creating RAR files. However, if you only need to extract RAR files, the free and open-source 7-Zip app is a better choice.



After loading and installing 7-Zip from the website, you are good to go. You can double-click the RAR file to open it in 7-ZIP to view or extract the file. If you know you want to unzip the file, you can unzip it without opening 7-Zip. Right-click on any RAR file, point to the 7-Zip menu, and select one of the Extract options depending on where you want to extract the files. Note that if you have a multipart set of. 

RAR files, you need to extract the first file in the set. 7-Zip will automatically handle the other files in the set. There are other Windows apps that support extracting RAR files, but I recommend 7-Zip, which is open source, free, reliable, and can handle things like extracting tar.gz files. It goes without saying that it is the default app for 7Z files. .

How to open RAR files on macOS

How to extract .RAR files for free on Windows and Mac

There aren't as many ways to open RAR files on macOS as there are on the more popular Windows platform. But there are still some. We recommend The Unarchiver, a free app with powerful support for multipart archive files.

Once installed, you can launch The Unarchiver to associate file types with your app. After associating the file type, just double-click the file to extract the RAR archive. Unarchiver creates a folder with the same name as the archive and extracts its contents to a new folder. 

Note that when working with multipart RAR archives, the first file in the set must be opened. The unarchiver automatically handles additional files in the set. How to Extract RAR File on Linux

You can easily extract the .RAR file on Linux, but first you need to install the Unrar package using your package manager. To do this on Debian or Ubuntu distributions, just open a terminal and enter the following command:

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