Unzip Files

Look inside a ZIP and take what you need

Got a ZIP by email or chat but no archiver — or you're on a phone or a shared computer where you can't install one? Drop the ZIP here to see every file and folder with its size, preview images, text, CSV and PDFs, and extract only the files you need. Everything happens in your browser.

Garbled file names

Older Windows tools stored ZIP file names in a local character set instead of UTF-8, so names with accents or non-Latin letters can come out garbled. If names aren't valid UTF-8, the tool decodes them with the classic DOS/Windows code page; if they still look wrong, pick another “File name encoding”. Extracting several files gives you a fresh ZIP with UTF-8 names. The __MACOSX folder and hidden files like .DS_Store are left out.

What can't be opened

• Password-protected ZIPs — decryption isn't included. Use an archiver and enter the password there.
• 7z, RAR and other formats — only ZIP is supported.
• Very large ZIPs — archives of several GB may not open, depending on your device's memory.

Don't run executables (.exe, .bat, .js…) from ZIPs sent by strangers. This tool only lists and extracts files — it never runs them. To create a ZIP, use Create ZIP File.