Turn XZ compressed files into TAR. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop XZ files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop XZ files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the TAR, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The XZ to TAR converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your compressed files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
XZ holds one file only, compresses slowly and is less widely supported than ZIP. TAR preserves Unix file permissions and is expected by many developer tools. XZ is at home in software distribution where download size matters; TAR is the usual choice for bundling files on Unix systems.
A password-protected archive is refused, since its contents cannot be read without the password. A plain TAR does not compress anything, so expect it to be about as large as the files inside; TAR.GZ and 7z make smaller files. A .xz file holds one file and no folders; that file is unpacked as it is and then repacked into the TAR.
XZ squeezes a single file with the LZMA2 algorithm, producing noticeably smaller files than gzip at the cost of more time and memory when compressing. Linux kernel sources and many distribution packages are shipped as .tar.xz.
Opens in Linux, 7-Zip and most archive utilities
XZ converterTAR glues files into one stream while preserving Unix permissions, without compressing them. It is nearly always paired with gzip, giving .tar.gz.
Opens in macOS, Linux and recent Windows; 7-Zip elsewhere
TAR converter| XZXZ file | TARTAR archive | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | XZ | Tape Archive |
| Type | Compressed file | Archive (no compression) |
| Compression | Lossless (LZMA2) | None |
| Introduced | 2009, by Lasse Collin (XZ Utils) | 1979, by the Unix project at Bell Labs |
| Opens in | Linux, 7-Zip and most archive utilities | macOS, Linux and recent Windows; 7-Zip elsewhere |
| Best for | Software distribution where download size matters | Bundling files on Unix systems |
| File extension | .xz | .tar |
No. The XZ to TAR conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
No. The files inside are repackaged unchanged.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the XZ file, press Convert and save the TAR. There is nothing to install.
Yes. An archive can be up to 500 MB, unpack to at most 1 GB and hold up to 50,000 files; beyond those limits the page says so. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.