RARLAB WinRAR

Software Overview

Main Features

• Supports all popular compression formats
• Organizes compressed archives
• Compresses multimedia files, executables, and object libraries better with a special algorithm
• Splits archives into multiple volumes
• Encrypts archives with 256 bit password encryption
• Allows you to trial for 40 days for free

RARLAB WinRAR is a file archiving utility for Windows. It allows users to compress, encrypt, package, and back up their files. While WinRAR is only available for Windows, it can be run on macOS and Linux using compatibility layer applications like Wine.

WinRAR enables you to efficiently compress and uncompress files in a large number of formats, including .ZIP, RAR, .TAR.GZ, and .LZH. It utilizes a special compression algorithm that compresses multimedia, executable, and object library files better than standard compression. If you have large file archives, it also allows you to split them into separate volumes to easily store on different disks.

You can view the contents of packages before extracting them to your computer. You can also scan archives for viruses before extracting them, convert archives to different formats, and repair archives.

WinRAR is a good file archiver with special features not available with basic archiving applications. If you need to compress certain files with more efficiency or split large archives, it is a great option.

Supported File Types

Primary file extension

Other file extensions used by RARLAB WinRAR 5

Updated: March 30, 2020