The Unarchiver

The Unarchiver for PC and Mac

Published by MacPaw Inc. on 2025-03-19

  • Compatibility: Available on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 7 & MacOS 10, 11, 10.7
  • Category: Utilities
  • Licence: Free
  • Software version: 4.3.9
  • File size: 12.72 MB


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The Unarchiver Features and Description

1. The Unarchiver also tries to detect and correctly handle the filename encoding in the archives it opens, allowing you to open files from every part of the world without getting garbled filenames.

2. The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files.

3. It will even open other kinds of files, like ISO and BIN disc images, some Windows .EXE installers.

4. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2.

5. The Unarchiver aims to be the only unarchiving program you will ever need, and to stay out of your way.

6. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and ARC.

7. The list is actually much longer - see the program homepage for the full list.



Pros:

  • - Terrific app that does exactly what the name says it does, effortlessly and easily
  • - Highly recommended to users who have thick (or even just not paper-thin) skins
  • - Free through the Mac App Store for years
  • - Easiest way to extract practically any file archive
  • - Mac equivalent of 7zip

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Installation Requirements

PC Compactibility/Requirements for Installation

Compactible OS list:
  1. Windows 11
  2. Windows 10
  3. Windows 8.1
  4. Windows 7
  5. Windows Vista

Requirements for MacOS Installation

Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.7 or later.

Compactible OS list:
  1. macOS Ventura: 13.3
  2. macOS Monterey: 12.6.4
  3. macOS Big Sur: 11.7.5
  4. macOS Catalina: 10.15
  5. macOS Mojave: 10.14
  6. macOS High Sierra: 10.13

FAQs

The Unarchiver - Is it safe to download?

Yes. The app is 100 percent (100%) safe to download and Install. Our download links are from safe sources and are frequently virus scanned to protect you

Software Reviews and Criticism

  • By skarasu

    Until this version 3.1.2 it was a 5 star now maybe 4

    Then they had a problem with 3.11.2, which they think they fixed in 3.11.3. However there are more problems with version 3.11.3. Before the last two versions, I could choose ‘Compress “some directory”’ from the finder menu, and then few minutes later I could uncompress it by using “The Unarchiver”. Now, randomly I get a notofication about the encoding the compressed file uses. So i am temporarily using command line tools to do the operations. BTW, there seems to be another bug that comes up if you select more than about 250 files from Finder and invoke “The Unarchiver”. Then somehow “The Unarchiver” memory gets corrupted, and the menus no longer work(e.g. Quit button disappears.) and the program hangs. Have to force quit it externally. I should mention Xee 3.5.3(marketed by the same company) inherited a bug in the new release, that it can no longer reliably read .cbr and .cbz(or .rar or .zip) files reliably either. Some pages show up as noise, where as other programs(like Comic Reader). So on Xee I rolled back to 3.5.2


  • By Kevlar1

    Indispensible, especially for non-English environment

    There are several utilities that can uncompress files (zip, rar, etc.) However, where this free utility really shines is its ability to detect encoding of various file names and guessing them. For example, when I receive zip files with file names in Korean or Japanese, standard unarchiving utility in Windows makes all the file names illegible. This utility can detect and guess (often correctly) what names of those files should have been. I have used this app for many years and this app still remains the best.


  • By myshlev

    Cannot deselect file formats in Preferences

    I just installed The Unarchiver, and am attempting to set its preferences. When I try to deselect a file format which I do not want The Unarchiver to expand by default, it will not allow me to do so. It pops up a dialog saying "Set another app as the default app for selected file types if you wish. In smaller print, it describes the procedure to assign default applications to specific file types. This behavior is extremely annoying. Even if I did not already know how to assign default applications, I should not be required to do so before I can deselect a file type in The Unarchiver's preferences. This behavior is enough to stop me from using the application. Please fix this obnoxious behavior. It is unreasonable.


  • By AnsonX10

    The only real Windows App Store essential

    Every computer that I have (that supports it) has this installed on it. It is literally the easiest way to extract practically any file archive you will ever come accross. Basically the Windows equivalent of 7zip. MacPaw has provided this program (and updates) for free through the Windows App Store for years, and it has been amazing. Huge thanks to the company. Buy their software whenever you can. Their other programs are great as well.


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