RAR Extractor
Open and extract RAR4 + RAR5 archives entirely in your browser — passwords, split volumes and Unicode file names handled locally, with per-file downloads or a one-click ZIP of everything. Nothing is ever uploaded.
🔒 100% private — files are processed locally in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, ever.
💾 Very large archives need browser memory; if extraction fails, try a smaller file or a device with more RAM.
Used only in your browser to open this archive — never stored, never sent anywhere.
What Is a RAR File and How Does RAR Extraction Work?
A RAR file is an archive — many files and folders packed into a single container, compressed to save space. It is the format created by the RARLAB team behind WinRAR, and it is widely used for sharing large documents, software, games and datasets over the internet. Opening such an archive is called "extracting": the original files are restored from the compressed data.
RAR4 vs RAR5
Two generations of the format exist. RAR4 is the classic format from the WinRAR 2.x–6.x era; RAR5 was introduced with WinRAR 5.0 and uses a newer, more efficient internal structure. This tool opens both — the page tells you which one you have as soon as the file is read.
Split (multi-volume) archives
Very large archives are often split into parts named like archive.part1.rar, archive.part2.rar, and so on. To extract one, select all the parts at once: the correct order is detected automatically from the file names, and any part that is missing is pointed out by name so you can go find it.
Passwords
Archives can be protected with a password — for the file data, or for the file names themselves ("encrypted headers"). When the tool asks for a password, type it and confirm. It is used only inside your browser, only for that one archive, and is never stored, remembered or sent anywhere.
RAR vs ZIP
ZIP is the older, universal format that every operating system opens natively. RAR usually compresses a little better and adds features like multi-volume splitting and strong encryption. This tool extracts RAR locally — and can hand you the result as a standard ZIP if you want one.
Do I need WinRAR?
No. WinRAR is the best-known program for this, but it is Windows-only and not free for creating RAR files. Here, the same official extraction engine that ships inside RAR products runs directly in your browser, on any device.
Privacy
Everything — reading, decrypting and unpacking — happens in the memory of this browser tab. No file, no file name and no password is uploaded to any server; the page even keeps working if your internet connection drops after it has loaded.
Devices
Any modern browser with WebAssembly support (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari) works, on desktop and mobile. Extraction speed, and how large an archive you can open at once, depend on your device's memory and processor.
RAR4 and RAR5 are different formats
- RAR5 changed the container completely — older tools that only parse RAR4 fail on modern archives with a misleading CRC error.
- Extraction runs the official UnRAR logic compiled to WASM in your browser; multi-part sets join by extension order.
- RAR creation is deliberately not offered — the RARLAB freeware license permits decompression only.
The extractor that reads both RAR generations
Your files stay yours
Extraction runs in your browser on WebAssembly — files, file names and passwords are never uploaded to any server, and the page keeps working even after your connection drops.
The real UnRAR engine
The official RAR engine (the same code RARLAB ships) runs as WebAssembly, so RAR4 and RAR5 — including solid and password-protected archives — extract byte-exact and fast.
Single files or one-click ZIP
Browse the archive, pull out exactly the files you need, or package everything into one ZIP. Split archives accept all parts at once, in any order.
How it works
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Select your .rar file — or all the parts of a split archive — by clicking the drop zone or dragging files in.
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If the archive is protected, type its password. It is used locally once and never stored or sent anywhere.
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Browse the file list with folder structure, file names and sizes.
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Download individual files with one click each, or grab everything together as a single ZIP.
Frequently asked questions
Is my RAR file uploaded to a server?⌄
No. The file is read directly from your device and processed entirely in your browser by a WebAssembly version of the official RAR engine. Nothing — not the archive, not its contents, not file names — is sent to any server, which is why the page keeps working even if your internet connection drops after it has loaded.
Is my password safe?⌄
The password exists only in the memory of this page for the time it takes to open the archive. It is never stored, not remembered for next time, and never transmitted anywhere. Closing or reloading the page removes it completely.
What is the difference between RAR and ZIP?⌄
Both are archive formats that pack many files into one and compress them. RAR typically compresses a little better and offers multi-volume splitting plus strong password protection (including encrypted file names). ZIP is older and opens natively on every OS. This tool extracts RAR locally and can hand you the result as a standard ZIP.
How do I extract a split RAR archive (part1, part2, …)?⌄
Select every part at once — the file picker allows multiple files, and dragging works too. The tool matches the part numbers from the file names, orders them correctly and reads them as one archive. If a part is missing, it tells you exactly which one.
Can I create RAR files here?⌄
No — this tool extracts only. RAR is a proprietary format, and RARLAB's freeware license, which covers the engine used here, permits extraction but not RAR creation. If you need to repack your extracted files, the tool bundles them into a standard ZIP instead.
Which RAR versions are supported?⌄
RAR4 and RAR5 — the two formats produced by WinRAR from 2.x through the current releases, including solid archives and archives with encrypted headers. Legacy RAR 1.5/2.0 files from before the 2000s are not supported.
Why can't I extract a password-protected split archive?⌄
That is a current, honest limitation: the in-browser engine can open a password-protected archive only when it is a single file. Multi-volume archives are handled by a second engine that does not support passwords, so a protected split archive is declined with a clear message instead of failing halfway. A single-file password-protected RAR, by contrast, works perfectly.
Is there a maximum file or archive size?⌄
There is no fixed limit set by the tool — the practical limit is your browser's available memory, because extraction keeps the unpacked data in memory while it runs. Very large archives or huge single files may fail with an out-of-memory error on modest devices; in that case try a smaller archive or a device with more RAM.
Are file names and folder structure preserved?⌄
Yes. Folder paths inside the archive are kept, and Unicode names (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, emoji, …) are displayed and downloaded correctly. Names are also sanitized before download, so an archive containing path tricks like '..' cannot write outside your downloads folder.
Which browsers and devices work?⌄
Any modern browser with WebAssembly and Web Worker support — current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari, on Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile. No install, no extensions. Speed depends on your device's CPU; a 100 MB archive typically extracts in a few seconds on a laptop.
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