7-Zip is free software. You can use it on any computer. You don’t need to register or pay for 7-Zip. It is open-source software. This tool allows users to extract compressed files as well as to create their own compressed files in multiple formats. It can also convert any files into another different format.
Compatible Formats
The default archive format is, of course, its native one .7z and is a great format to reduce file size and save space on hard drive:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
- Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, WIM, XAR and Z.
Features of 7-Zip
- High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.
- 7-Zip is integrated with Windows.
- Strong AES-256 encryption, and the ability to encrypt file names and password protect files.
- Supports dozens of languages.
