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.

Occasionally, you'll need to open several compressed files from one ZIP folder. While Windows does a fine job extracting, there are better tools to unzip.

This guide details the steps required to zip and unzip files on Windows 10 without using any third-party software.

You can both zip and unzip files in Windows 10 by highlighting the files you want and right-clicking them.

You can unzip, extract & use TAR, .TAR.GZ, .TGZ or .GZ. files using the command line, free file extraction software or an online tool. We cover all 3 methods!