Windows 11 Unleashes the Power to Seamlessly Unzip Any File - 7-Zip, RAR, and TAR Formats Supported!

Our operating system often requires the installation of third-party apps to manage specific file types that it doesn't natively support. Although Windows already possesses support for certain files such as ZIP files, the most recent Insider build of Windows 11 is introducing support for additional formats, such as RAR.

Windows 11 Build 23493 is currently being released for Insiders. This particular build is significant as it introduces native support for various archive formats, such as RAR and 7-Zip. Utilizing the libarchive open-source project, this version of Windows allows your PC to effortlessly open and manage these files. Notable additions include the inclusion of the .tar format.

.tar.gz  

.tar.bz2  

.tar.zst  

.tar.xz 

.tgz  

.tbz2  

.tzst 

.txz 

.rar  

.7z 

Once this feature becomes available to all users, the necessity of installing software such as 7-Zip or WinRAR will diminish. Nevertheless, it is important to note that 7-Zip supports numerous formats that are not currently recognized by Windows. In the event that you solely require the decompression of a RAR or 7Z file downloaded from the internet, Windows will have the capability to handle it.

Source: Microsoft