Extract ZIP Files Online

A common reason to reach for this tool is a ZIP that landed in your inbox or a download folder and you would rather not install WinRAR, 7-Zip, or any unzip app to peek inside it. Drop the .zip onto the page and it reads the archive structure locally, then lists every file and folder with sizes and types so you can see what is inside before committing to anything.

Because everything happens in the browser, this works the same on a phone or tablet as it does on a laptop. On iPhone, iPad, or Android there is often no built-in way to open a ZIP and pull out one file, so uploading from your device, browsing the tree, and downloading just what you need fills a real gap. The dropzone accepts files up to 300 MB.

Before extracting, a search box lets you filter the tree by name, which is handy when an archive holds hundreds of entries and you only care about one invoice, one photo, or one config file.

Two actions are available once the archive is open. "Download all files" hands you back the full archive. "Download selected" is the more useful path when a ZIP is large: tick individual files or whole folders using the checkboxes, and the tool strips out everything you did not select and builds a new, smaller ZIP containing only your picks. The download is named after the original with an -extracted suffix.

Note that selected files come back inside a fresh ZIP rather than as loose, separate downloads. This keeps folder structure intact and avoids your browser firing off dozens of individual save prompts. If you genuinely want one file on its own, select that single file and you will get a one-item ZIP to open.

The selection button shows a running count and the combined uncompressed size of what you have checked, so you know roughly how big the result will be before you generate it. A progress percentage appears while the new archive is assembled.

This tool does not handle password-protected ZIPs. If the archive is encrypted, it stops and points you to the separate "Extract Password ZIP" tool where you can supply the password. AES-encrypted archives in particular may not be openable in the browser at all, and very deeply nested archives or ones with more than around 10,000 entries can be slow.

If a file is incomplete or corrupted, you will see a clear "damaged or not a valid ZIP" message rather than a silent failure. The practical maximum size is governed by your device's available memory, so although 300 MB is the upload ceiling, very large archives on a low-memory phone may struggle where a desktop would cope.

As the contents are scanned, the tool flags potentially risky items such as executables, scripts, and files using a misleading double extension, with a count and a warning. Treat that as a prompt to be cautious about what you run after extracting, especially for archives from senders you do not fully trust. Nothing is uploaded or retained; closing the page clears it.