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RAR on Windows Pc

Developed By: RARLAB (published by win.rar GmbH)

License: Free

Rating: 4,3/5 - 880.539 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

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Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2020.03.31
Size 40 MB
Release Date June 18, 24
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage. [see more (15)]

What's New:
1. Added extraction of RAR 7.0 archives with larger than 4 GB dictionaries.2. Faster CRC32 calculation improves extraction and archiving performance for... [see more]

Description from Developer:
RARLAB's RAR is an all-in-one, original, free, simple, easy and quick compression program, archiver, backup tool, extractor and even a basic file manager.

RAR can create RAR a... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download RAR and install on Windows PC. RAR is free Tools app, developed by RARLAB (published by win.rar GmbH). Latest version of RAR is 2020.03.31, was released on 2024-06-18 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000,000. Overall rating of RAR is 4,3. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 880,539 users, 85,926 users had rated it 5*, 615,265 users had rated it 1*.

How to install RAR on Windows?

Instruction on how to install RAR on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install RAR on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install RAR using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "RAR" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install RAR on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "RAR" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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RARLAB's RAR is an all-in-one, original, free, simple, easy and quick compression program, archiver, backup tool, extractor and even a basic file manager.

RAR can create RAR and ZIP and unpack RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, 7z, ISO, ARJ archives. List of functions include repair command for damaged ZIP and RAR files, benchmark function compatible with RARLAB's WinRAR benchmark, recovery record, usual and recovery volumes, encryption, solid archives, utilizing multiple CPU cores to compress data.

Additionally to standard ZIP files, unzip function supports ZIP and ZIPX with BZIP2, LZMA, PPMd and XZ compression also as password protected ZIP. Unrar command is available for all versions of RAR archives including the latest RAR5, password protected and multipart files.

File management functions include copying, deleting, moving and renaming files and folders, creating new folders and installing applications from APK packages.

If you wish to help us translating RAR to your language, please download RAR for Android language files in "RAR extras" section of www.rarlab.com and follow instructions in readme.txt. Thank you.
1. Added extraction of RAR 7.0 archives with larger than 4 GB dictionaries.

2. Faster CRC32 calculation improves extraction and archiving performance for archives utilizing this checksum.

3. Dictionary size data in archive information dialog is now available for .bz2, .lz, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.lz, .tar.zst archive formats.

4. "RAR 4.x" archiving option is removed.
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to request installing packages.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an application to change the Z-order of tasks.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.