If you want to open a password protected RAR file you may get an error. Alternatively click on the Browse button in the toolbar, navigate to the RAR file, click open, and then click Extract.īy default it will extract to the same directory in which the RAR file resides, but you can change where it extracts the RAR file using the “Extract to” drop down menu, and selecting “Desktop” to extract to the desktop, or “Other” to specify a custom location. To extract a RAR file with UnRarX simply drag it to the UnRarX window. You can download from the UnRarX web site (just click on the big UnRarX icon). UnRarX is a free and simple RAR unarchiving tool which supports opening and extracting RAR both normal and password protected RAR files. Here are a few of them along with how to use them to open and extract RAR files. Mac users can open RAR files using a few available free apps.

rar file which will simultaneously draw data from all of the other files belonging to it.

rar file extension, and the others will have extensions such as. If the archive comes in multiple files one among them will have a. Developed by a Russian software developer Eugene Roshal RAR stands for “Roshal Archive”, and represents a proprietary archive file format with support for data compression, error recovery and file spanning (archiving a single file within multiple packages).

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