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Extract Archives (RAR·7Z·ZIP·TAR)

Drop an archive and it unpacks right in your browser. Nothing to install, nothing uploaded.

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Private by design — extraction runs right inside your browser, so your archives are never uploaded anywhere. Safe even for work documents and personal photos.How this differs from upload-based sites — most online archive tools upload your archive to a server, unpack it there, and promise to delete it after a while. If it is password-protected you have to hand over the password too, and until deletion your files are sitting on someone else's server. zipmoa has no upload step at all. The more sensitive the archive — bundled contracts, scanned IDs, a company backup — the more that difference matters.

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Your archive never gets uploaded — how?

Most online archive sites and zipmoa work in fundamentally different ways.

🌐 A typical extraction site

1Upload your archive to their server

2Unpack it on someone else's server (password and all)

3Download the result again

⚠️ Until deletion your files sit on someone else's server, and the bigger they are the longer the upload takes.

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🔒 Right in your browser

✓Extract RAR, 7Z and ZIP on your own device

✓No server involved (0-second upload)

✓Save the result right away

✅ Not a single byte of your files leaves over the network. "Uploaded 0 B" is a measured value.

⚡ 0-second waitEven multi-GB archives start instantly

♾️ No install or sign-upAll you need is a browser

📂 Save only what you needPick files from the list

Because the work of unpacking and packing archives happens right inside the web page, the more sensitive the archive — bundled contracts, scanned IDs, a company backup — the safer this approach is.

What you'll use it for

📂 Extract archivesUnpack RAR, 7Z, ZIP and TAR on a Mac or a work PC with nothing to install, and save just the files you need.

📦 Bundle into onePack many files and folders into a single ZIP and share it with the folder structure kept intact.

🔐 Secure and lockAdd a standard AES-256 password to a ZIP, or encrypt a whole file with AES-256.

🔤 Tidy namesRename many files at once with find & replace, numbering and date rules, then save as a ZIP.

ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, ISO: how archive formats differ and what opens them

Each archive extension comes from a different program, and each operating system opens only some of them on its own. This page unpacks ZIP, RAR (including RAR5), 7Z, TAR and its .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .tar.xz variants, ISO, CAB, LZH and more in your browser, with nothing to install. Here’s what each format is for, and what does and doesn’t work here.

A closer look

ZIP is the safe default, since Windows and macOS open it with no extra software. RAR (from WinRAR) and 7Z (from 7-Zip) usually compress tighter, so they’re common for large downloads, but the Mac’s Archive Utility opens neither, and Windows 10 needs extra software too (Windows 11 added support in a 2023 update). The TAR family is the standard on Linux and servers. ISO is a disc image, a full copy of a CD or DVD; CAB holds Windows installer and driver files; and LZH is an older format long popular in Japan.

.gz, .bz2 and .xz aren’t archives but compressors that shrink a single stream of data, with no file list. So files are first strung together into a TAR (which doesn’t compress anything by itself), and the TAR is then compressed into .tar.gz (or .tgz). That’s why 7-Zip shows a lone .tar when you open a .tar.gz; this page peels both layers at once and lists the files inside. As for creating archives, ZIP is the only format this site builds (with Create ZIP), and ZIP is also the only one whose passwords work here. Password ZIPs open whether they use the older scheme or AES-256, but the extraction engine can’t decrypt RAR or 7Z, so even the right password won’t open those.

How to use it

Drop the archive onto the box above or press Choose file. One file opens per run, and the picker only shows archive extensions, so drag in anything oddly named.
If a ZIP asks for a password, type it and press Extract with password. If a RAR or 7Z asks, use desktop software instead.
Check the paths and sizes. On archives made on a Mac, the __MACOSX folder and files starting with ._ only hold Mac metadata, so you can skip them.
Press Save on the files you need, or Save all as ZIP. Whatever the original format, you get one ZIP, which also makes this a TAR, 7Z or ISO to ZIP converter.

When it helps

A .tar.gz on a Windows 10 PCOpen a .tar.gz or .tar.xz from a server without 7-Zip and pull out just the config file you need.

A few files from an ISOTake the manual or a driver out of an old installation CD image without mounting it.

Images inside Office filesdocx, xlsx and pptx are ZIPs underneath. Drag one in and its embedded images appear as files in a folder such as word/media.

An encrypted ZIP Explorer refusesOpen an AES-256 ZIP, which Windows File Explorer and the Mac’s Archive Utility often can’t handle, just by typing the password.

Common snags

A .gz file says “This archive contains no files.”A .gz, .bz2 or .xz holding a single file with no TAR inside, such as access.log.gz, has no file list, so it can’t be unpacked here. Use 7-Zip or gunzip in a Mac or Linux terminal. .zst and .tar.zst files end with the same message.

A split archive (part1.rar, .7z.001, .z01) won’t extract.The page reads one file per run, so it can’t join the pieces, and a single piece won’t extract properly. Put all the pieces in one folder and open the first with desktop software, or ask for an unsplit file.

A password-protected RAR or 7Z won’t open with the right password.The extraction engine doesn’t support RAR or 7Z encryption, so retyping won’t help. Use 7-Zip, WinRAR or Bandizip on Windows, or Keka or The Unarchiver on a Mac. RAR and 7Z files without a password work here.

A multi-gigabyte ISO or backup freezes the tab.Every file is unpacked into browser memory, so when that exceeds what your device can spare, the tab slows down or reloads. A big ISO usually mounts like a disc when you double-click it on Windows 8 or later or on a Mac, which is faster.

Tip .tgz, .tbz2 and .txz are just short for .tar.gz, .tar.bz2 and .tar.xz. The page reads the format from the contents, not the name, so drag in an archive with an odd extension before giving up on it.

Archive Extractor FAQ

Are my files really not uploaded?

Correct. Extraction happens right inside your browser. Files never travel over the network.

Which formats are supported?

ZIP, RAR (including RAR5), 7Z, TAR and compressed TARs (TAR.GZ/TGZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ), ISO, CAB and LZH. A single file compressed on its own as .gz, .bz2, .xz or .zst, with no TAR inside, can’t be opened yet.

Can it open password-protected archives?

ZIP files, yes: a password field appears and the password never leaves your browser. Password-protected RAR and 7Z files can’t be opened yet, because the extraction engine doesn’t support their encryption.

Is there a size limit?

There is no fixed limit since nothing is uploaded. Extraction happens in browser memory though, so multi-gigabyte archives may be slow or fail depending on your device.