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Extract a ZIP Archive

Open a ZIP archive, see what's inside, and download the files you need — all in your browser, with nothing uploaded.

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Runs entirely in your browser — your files are never uploaded.

Works offline — everything it needs is already on your device.

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Conversions run entirely in your browser. Turn off your Wi-Fi and try it — it still works. Nothing leaves this device.

File Converts unzips archives on your device. Drop in a .zip and File Converts lists every file with its size; download them individually or all at once. The archive is read locally, so its contents are never sent to a server.

Best for

  • Opening an archive on a locked-down work machine, Chromebook or phone
  • Pulling one file out of a large ZIP without extracting the whole thing
  • Checking what an archive contains before saving anything to disk

Good to know

Standard ZIP archives only. Password-protected and encrypted ZIPs can't be opened, and RAR, 7z, TAR and GZ are different container formats that aren't supported. Directory entries are skipped, so the contents are listed flat. The archive and its contents are both held in memory, so very large archives are better opened with your operating system's extractor.

Opening a ZIP without installing anything

Windows and macOS both unzip archives natively, so the reason to reach for a browser tool is usually that you cannot or would rather not: a locked-down work machine, a Chromebook, a borrowed computer, or a phone whose file manager makes a mess of it. Dropping the archive here lists everything inside with its size, so you can see what you have before committing any of it to disk.

That preview step is useful on its own. If somebody sends a 200 MB archive and you need one PDF out of it, take the PDF and leave the rest — no full extraction, no clean-up afterwards.

Checking an archive before you trust it

Listing the contents first is a reasonable habit with any archive you did not create yourself. You can see whether the filenames match what the sender described and whether anything unexpected is in there. Nothing is executed by listing it — the archive is decompressed and read, not run.

Be as careful with what you do next as you would with any download. This tool hands you the files that were inside; it is not a malware scanner, and it makes no judgement about what an extracted file does once you open it.

What this tool can and can't open

Standard ZIP archives — the kind produced by Windows, macOS and virtually every ZIP utility — open here. So do the many formats that are quietly ZIPs underneath, including .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and .epub, if you ever need to look inside one.

Password-protected and encrypted ZIPs are not supported, and neither are the other archive formats: RAR, 7z, TAR and GZ use different containers and will not open. Directory entries are skipped, so a deeply nested archive is presented as a flat list of the files it actually contains.

Extracting an archive you would rather not upload

The archive is decompressed on your device. A ZIP from an accountant, a lawyer or a client holds exactly the kind of material that should not be handed to a third-party server just to be opened, and here it isn't — the privacy panel shows zero bytes uploaded while you extract. No queue, no daily cap, no account.

The practical limit is memory: the archive and its extracted contents are both held in RAM, so a very large archive is better opened with your operating system's built-in extractor.

What this tool does

Input
Standard .zip archives (also .docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .epub — all ZIPs internally)
Output
The original files, downloadable one by one or all at once
Where it runs
In your browser — nothing is uploaded
Encrypted ZIPs
Not supported — password-protected archives can't be opened
Other formats
RAR, 7z, TAR and GZ are different containers and aren't supported
Folders
Directory entries are skipped; files are listed flat
Size limit
Your device's available memory, not a server cap
Preview
Every entry is listed with its size before you download anything
Browsers
Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari — desktop and mobile

How to convert ZIP → Files

01

Drop a .zip file into the tool above.

02

Browse the list of files it contains.

03

Download any file, or 'Save all' to get everything.

Frequently asked questions

No. Encrypted archives aren't supported — you'll need the tool the archive was created with, or your operating system's extractor, together with the password.

No. Despite doing a similar job, those are different container formats with their own compression schemes. This tool reads standard ZIP archives only.

No. The archive is decompressed in your browser and read on your device, so an archive from an accountant, a lawyer or a client never reaches a third-party server just to be opened.

No — that's the useful part. Every entry is listed with its size first, so you can download the one file you actually need and leave the rest. Use 'Save all' if you do want everything.

Yes. Those formats — along with .xlsx, .pptx and several others — are ZIP archives internally, so you can drop one in and browse its contents.

Listing the contents runs nothing; the archive is decompressed and read, not executed. But this isn't a malware scanner, so treat any file you extract with the same caution you'd apply to any download.
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