Tar to 7z Converter
Convert Tar to 7z online, for free.
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How to Convert Tar to 7z?
- Click the “Choose Files” button to select your Tar files.
- Click the “Convert to 7z” button to start the conversion.
- When the status change to “Done” click the “Download 7z” button
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Simply upload your Tar files and click the convert button. You can also batch convert Tar to 7z format.
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We use both open source and custom software to make sure our conversions are of the highest quality. In most cases, you can fine-tune conversion parameters using “Advanced Settings” (optional, look for the icon).
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Our Tar to 7z Converter is free and works on any web browser. We guarantee file security and privacy. Files are protected with 256-bit SSL encryption and automatically deleted after 8 hours.
Tape Archive (TAR) is a Unix format that joins many files and folders into one file while preserving their directory structure, permissions, ownership, and timestamps. Importantly, TAR does not compress anything — it only bundles. That is why TAR files are so often paired with a separate compressor, producing the familiar .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .tar.xz combinations. TAR remains the standard way to distribute source code and back up Linux systems.
How to open a TAR file?
On Linux and macOS, the built-in tar command does the job: run tar -xf archive.tar in a terminal, or simply double-click the file in the desktop file manager.
Windows 11 can extract TAR from File Explorer and from the command line. For older versions, use 7-Zip, WinRAR, or PeaZip. Since a plain TAR is uncompressed, it is the same size as its contents — compress it to .tar.gz before sending it anywhere. You can also convert the file with our TAR to ZIP tool.
Developed by: Bell Labs (Unix)
Initial Release: 1979
7z is an open archive format that usually achieves noticeably higher compression than ZIP or RAR, thanks to the LZMA and LZMA2 algorithms. It supports AES-256 encryption of both file contents and file names, handles archives up to 16 exabytes, and can split output into volumes. The specification is published openly, with no licensing restrictions on implementing it.
How to open a 7z file?
7z archives are created and read by 7-Zip, which remains the reference application for the format. Once it is present, a 7z archive opens with a double-click.
On macOS, The Unarchiver or Keka handle 7z, and on Linux the p7zip package provides the same functionality from the command line. WinRAR and PeaZip can also extract 7z. Because the strongest compression settings are slow and memory-hungry, very large 7z archives take a while to unpack. You can also convert the file with our 7Z to ZIP tool.
Developed by: Igor Pavlov
Initial Release: 1999
Freeconvert.me can convert your other files to 7z format:
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