7-Zip

Updated: 07/31/2022 by Computer Hope
7-Zip compression utility

7-Zip is a free, open source software used to compress and uncompress files. The picture shows what 7-Zip looks like when running.

Supported formats

The following file formats are supported by 7-zip:

Packing and unpacking:

 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, and WIM.

Unpacking only:

ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR, and Z.

Bzip2, Compression Utility, Software terms