Much like zipping, a RAR file compresses several files using WinRAR software. Here’s how to extract RAR docs and media on both Windows and macOS.

RAR files are a counterpart to ZIP files, and can be quite nifty to work with. We explain what a RAR file is, and how to open RAR files.

Windows Explorer, the native file manager in Windows, can extract data from ZIP files but it does not open RARs. You need a third-party application to extract the contents of a RAR file.