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Repair a ZIP

Get back the files of a ZIP that will not open, cut short or with a broken end, on your device. Free, with no account or uploads.

What can be found is rebuilt into a new ZIP, and every file is checked. A file cut short cannot be brought back.

Drop a ZIP that will not open

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

Can every broken ZIP be repaired?
No. It finds the files whose headers and data are still in the file and writes them into a new ZIP with a fresh list. Bytes that were never downloaded cannot be brought back, so a file that runs into the break is left out, and the page says so.
Are the files checked?
Yes. The new ZIP is checked file by file, and the page says which files are whole and names any whose checksum does not match. It never calls the archive repaired beyond what it found and checked.
Does it work on locked ZIPs?
Yes. Locked files are copied as they are, still locked, and are checked once you give the password, which is never kept.
Should I download the file again first?
If you can, yes: a whole copy is always better than a rebuilt one. Compare its size with the size the sender gives. Use this when there is no other copy.

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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