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Remove __MACOSX from a ZIP

Save a copy of a ZIP without the __MACOSX, ._ and .DS_Store files a Mac adds, on your device. Free, with no account or uploads.

The files a Mac or Windows adds are hidden at once. Save a copy without them, with everything else as it was.

Drop a ZIP to clean it

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

What is the __MACOSX folder?
When a Mac compresses a folder, Finder keeps each file's Mac details, such as its resource fork, in a folder called __MACOSX. A Mac puts the details back when it opens the ZIP and does not show the folder; Windows and Linux show it.
Does removing them change my other files?
No. Every other file is taken out on your device and packed again into a new ZIP with its folders and dates, and the original ZIP is left as it was. Nothing is uploaded.
Does it remove Windows files too?
Yes. Thumbs.db, where File Explorer keeps small pictures of a folder's files, and desktop.ini, which sets a folder's icon and name, are left out along with __MACOSX, ._ files and .DS_Store.
Can I clean a ZIP that has a password?
Yes, once you type its password. The clean copy is locked again with the same password and the same kind of lock, AES or ZipCrypto.

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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