RAR converters

RAR is an archive format created by Eugene Roshal in 1993 and used by WinRAR. It usually packs files tighter than ZIP and can split an archive into parts, so it is common for large downloads. Windows 11 can open RAR files since 2023; older Windows versions, and macOS, need an extra app.

Convert RAR

• RAR extractor

What to know about RAR

• RAR 5, introduced with WinRAR 5.0 in 2013, replaced the older RAR 4 format; both are still in use.
• Only WinRAR can create RAR files; other programs can only open them.
• Solid archives compress all files as one stream: smaller, but a single file can only be read by unpacking the files before it.
• Large archives are often split into parts (.part1.rar, .part2.rar …) that must be extracted together.

File extensions: .rar