ZIP Extractor
Open a ZIP file right in your browser: see what's inside, preview text and images, save individual files or extract everything to a folder, and check the archive isn't corrupt. Nothing is uploaded.
ZIP Extractor
Archives are read by your browser and never uploaded. Nothing leaves your device.
Runs in your browser. Files and audio never leave your device.
Scratchpad auto-saved
How it works — in four simple steps
No signup and nothing to install — it all runs in your browser.
Drop the ZIP
Or any ZIP-based file such as .docx or .jar.
Browse the contents
Filter by name; folders are indented.
Preview or save
Open a single file or save it.
Extract or test
Extract everything to a folder, or test the archive.
Use Test archive integrity to check a download before you rely on it.
Features
Instant listing
Reads the central directory first, so large archives open immediately.
ZIP64 and UTF-8
Archives over 4 GB, 65,535+ files, Unicode and DOS-encoded names.
Preview
View text, code, CSV, JSON and images without saving them.
Integrity test
Decompresses everything and checks every CRC-32.
Extract to a folder
Writes the whole tree to a folder in Chrome and Edge, with zip-slip paths made safe.
Clear warnings
Flags encrypted entries, unsupported compression and unsafe paths.
About the ZIP Extractor
A ZIP file keeps a central directory at its end, a table of contents listing every file with its size, date, CRC-32 checksum and where its data starts. The extractor reads only that table first, so even a multi-gigabyte archive lists instantly. When you open or save a file, it reads just that file's bytes and decompresses them with your browser's built-in Deflate support, then checks the result against the stored CRC-32.
It handles the archives you actually meet: ordinary ZIPs, ZIP64 archives over 4 GB or with more than 65,535 files, UTF-8 file names, older archives with DOS-encoded names, and ZIP-based formats such as .jar, .docx, .xlsx, .epub and .apk. Test archive integrity decompresses every file and verifies every checksum without saving anything, which is a quick way to tell whether a download is damaged. In Chrome and Edge, Extract everything to a folder writes the whole tree to a folder you choose, with any "zip slip" paths that try to escape that folder made safe.
There are limits. Password-protected entries are listed but can't be opened, and files compressed with Deflate64, BZIP2, LZMA, XZ or Zstandard, as some 7-Zip or WinZip settings produce, can't be decompressed by browsers. For those, use 7-Zip or your operating system's archive tool.