Extract RAR

How to Extract RAR Files Online

1. Upload Your RAR Archive: Click "+ Add Files" or drag and drop your .rar file (or .part1.rar / .r00 first volume of a multi-part set). Upload from your computer, Google Drive, or Dropbox.
2. Enter Password (If Required): If the archive is encrypted, the tool will prompt for the password — paste it exactly as set by the archive creator. XConvert cannot recover or bypass forgotten passwords.
3. Click Extract: Press the "Extract" button. The archive is unpacked in your browser session — no waiting in a queue, no watermark, no sign-up.
4. Download Files: Browse the extracted file tree and download individual files, or grab everything at once as a ZIP. Use "Reset to defaults" if you need to start over.

Why Extract RAR Online?

RAR (Roshal Archive), created by Russian engineer Eugene Roshal and first released in 1993, is a proprietary archive format owned by RarLab. It compresses 10-30% tighter than ZIP on most file types thanks to a larger dictionary (up to 1 GiB in RAR5) and dedicated multimedia/text filters. The catch: creating RAR files requires the paid WinRAR licence, and no mainstream OS opens them natively. That's why a browser-based extractor is often the fastest path to the contents.

• No software install on locked-down machines — Macs, Chromebooks, and most Linux desktops ship without RAR support. Corporate or school computers often block installing WinRAR or The Unarchiver. Extraction in-browser sidesteps both.
• One-off downloads from game mods, forums, or scanlation sites — many communities still distribute large bundles as .part1.rar / .part2.rar multi-volume sets, a habit from the era of strict forum attachment limits. If you only encounter RAR once a quarter, installing software is overkill.
• Mobile phones and tablets — iOS and Android don't natively open RAR. Rather than installing yet another file-manager app with ads, paste the archive into a browser tab.
• Multi-part archives with the full set in one folder — .part1.rar through .partN.rar (RAR5) or .rar/.r00/.r01 (legacy RAR4) are detected and joined automatically when uploaded together.
• Quick triage of unknown archives — preview the file listing before committing to extracting a 5 GB game patch.
• Convert instead of extract — if you need the contents in a different container, use RAR to ZIP, RAR to 7Z, or RAR to TAR.GZ to repack without unpacking to disk first.

RAR vs ZIP vs 7Z — Archive Format Comparison

RAR4 vs RAR5 — Which One Do You Have?

If you're not sure which you have: open the file in a hex viewer — RAR5 archives start with bytes 52 61 72 21 1A 07 01 00, RAR4 ends the signature at 52 61 72 21 1A 07 00. The XConvert extractor handles both transparently.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can XConvert open password-protected RAR files?

Yes, if you know the password. The tool prompts for it during extraction and decrypts the AES-128 (RAR4) or AES-256 (RAR5) stream on the fly. There is no built-in password recovery — RarLab's encryption is strong enough that brute-forcing a non-trivial password is infeasible, and XConvert will not attempt it.

How do I extract a multi-part RAR archive like .part1.rar, .part2.rar?

Upload all parts together — drag the whole set into the upload area or add them individually before clicking Extract. Start with .part1.rar (RAR5) or .rar (the unsuffixed first volume in legacy RAR4 sets that use .r00, .r01, …). The tool reassembles them in order. If a part is missing, extraction stops at the gap; check that every numbered file is present.

Why won't my Mac open RAR files natively?

Apple's Finder and the built-in Archive Utility support ZIP, TAR, GZIP, and a handful of others, but RAR is a proprietary RarLab format with no built-in macOS handler. Free options include The Unarchiver (Mac App Store) or Keka, but a one-off in-browser extraction skips the install entirely.

What RAR versions does XConvert support?

RAR 1.5 through RAR 5.0, covering every archive WinRAR has produced since 1995. That includes RAR4 archives (.rar and .r00/.r01 split sets, AES-128 encryption) and RAR5 archives (.part1.rar split sets, AES-256 encryption, large dictionary, BLAKE2 checksums).

What's the largest RAR archive I can extract online?

In-browser extraction works best for archives up to a few hundred MB. The RAR format itself supports archives up to roughly 8 exbibytes — far beyond what a browser session can hold in memory. For multi-gigabyte game patches or backup sets, a desktop tool like 7-Zip on Windows or Keka on macOS will be faster and won't run into browser memory limits.

My archive has a .r00, .r01, .r02... pattern — what's that?

Legacy RAR4 multi-volume naming. The first volume is archivename.rar, the rest are archivename.r00, archivename.r01, and so on. Upload every file in the set, beginning with the .rar. RAR5 (since September 2013) replaced this with the clearer .part1.rar, .part2.rar, … convention, but plenty of older downloads still use the legacy scheme.

Can I preview or extract specific files without unpacking everything?

After upload, you'll see the archive's file tree and can download individual files instead of the full archive. Useful when you only need one texture from a 200-file game mod, or a single PDF from a packed dossier.

Is the extraction private — does my file leave my browser?

Files are uploaded to XConvert's servers for processing (browser-side RAR engines for AES-encrypted RAR5 are limited), but they are deleted automatically a short time after extraction and are never indexed or shared. For zero-upload extraction of small archives, tools like ezyZip run RAR decoding entirely in the browser; the tradeoff is they struggle on larger or complex archives.

Can I convert RAR to another archive format instead?

Yes — use RAR to ZIP for maximum compatibility (every OS opens ZIP natively), RAR to 7Z for better compression with an open format, or RAR to TAR.GZ when you need to ship the data into a Unix toolchain. Going the other direction, ZIP to RAR and the extract ZIP / extract 7Z tools cover the matching archive workflows.