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Extract a tar.gz

Open a tar.gz, .tgz or .tar file and take out every file, a folder or one file, on your device. Free, with no account or uploads.

See every file inside, then take out what you need. Links and devices in it are listed and never written.

Drop a tar.gz to take its files out

Or choose one from your computer or phone. For a ZIP cut into parts (.z01, .z02 … .zip), choose every part at once.

  • ZIP
  • RAR
  • 7z
  • TAR
  • tar.gz
  • tar.xz
  • .gz

Stays on your device. No size limit but your device's.

How it works and help

A little help along the way

Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything happens in your browser; nothing in the archive is sent anywhere.

  1. Open the archiveDrop it on the page or press Choose a file. For a ZIP cut into parts (.z01, .z02 … .zip, or .001, .002 …), choose every part at once. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no size limit but your device's.
  2. See what is insideThe page says how many files there are and how large they are once taken out. Folders open with a press; Find a file looks through every name. Press the eye beside a file to preview a picture, text, sound or a video.
  3. Type the password, if it has oneLocked files show a padlock. Type the password you were given and press Unlock. It stays on the page and is never kept.
  4. Choose the filesEvery file starts chosen. Untick what you do not want, or tick a folder to choose everything in it.
  5. Take them outIn Chrome and Edge on a computer, Extract into a folder writes the files with their folders into one you choose. In every browser, Download saves one file as it is, or several as one ZIP your device opens by itself. Each row has its own download button too.
  6. Check for damageCheck for damage reads every file in full and compares it with the checksum it was saved with, then names any file that does not match.

Questions people ask

Is my tar.gz uploaded anywhere?
No. It is read and unpacked in your browser, a piece at a time, and the files are written to your device. The only limit is the space on your disk.
Why does taking out one file take as long as all of them?
A tar.gz has no index: gzip packs the whole tar as one stream, so reaching a file means unpacking everything before it. From a plain .tar, each file is read straight from its place.
What happens to links inside the archive?
Symbolic links are listed and never made, so nothing can point outside the folder you chose. A hard link is taken out under its first name. Devices, named pipes and sparse files are listed and left out, with the reason.
Are permissions and owners kept?
No. A browser cannot set a file's owner or permissions, so a script that could be run comes out as a plain file, and files get today's date. Use tar -xzpf on the machine itself when they must be kept.
Does it open tar.xz or tar.bz2 files?
Yes. tar.xz, tar.bz2 and tar.zst open as a tar.gz does, and so do single .xz, .bz2, .zst and .br files. It makes only tar.gz and tar, though.

This page is the Zip and archive tool, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Zip and archive tool's own page.

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