ZIP files are easily identified by their ".zip" extension in the file name, making them distinguishable from other file formats. The primary reason to unzip a ZIP file is to access its contents.

File management is very important on Windows, as it allows you to save storage space for other files and documents. In this article, we will learn how to zip and unzip files.

Windows 10’s File Explorer allows the users to extract ZIP Files. Intrinsically, you can open the contents of a TGZ file by converting it to the ZIP format first.

If you want to unzip a RAR file in Windows 11 or Windows 10 OS, then you need to use a free third-party tool for that. Windows built-in utility doesn’t support RAR format files for extraction.

In the meantime, Microsoft is recommending Windows 10 version 1809 users to extract .ZIP folder contents first before copying the enclosed files to a new folder.