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RAR to ZIP

The RAR nobody could open, as a ZIP with the same files and folders inside.

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome

How to convert RAR to ZIP

  1. Drop the file.
  2. Nothing to choose.
  3. Press Convert and download.

What happens to your file

7-Zip unpacks the archive on Fylane’s servers into a scratch folder — a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most — and every file is written into a ZIP under its own path, so folders come through as folders. The ZIP opens on every Mac, Windows PC and phone without extra software. Deleted on schedule.

A password-protected RAR is refused by name — Fylane has no password to give it. One part of a multi-volume RAR is refused too; every part is needed.

Questions

RAR5?

Yes — 7-Zip reads RAR 4 and RAR 5.

Can it make a RAR?

No. RAR is a proprietary format; ZIP is the one everything opens.

Do it once, not on every form

Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.

And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.

Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.

Filmed from the extension: three upload fields on a job application, filled from one tap.

Add to Chrome — freeWhat it does

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "archive.convert",
    "options": {
      "to": "zip"
    }
  }'

The same operation, archive.convert — Any archive 7-Zip reads — 7z, RAR, tar, gzip, zip — rewritten as a ZIP or, by `to`, a 7z or tar.gz, names and paths kept; a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.