Turn ZIP archives into TAR. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
Drop ZIP files here
or choose from your computer paste with Ctrl V
from Photos or Files
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Drop ZIP 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 ZIP to TAR converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your archives 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.
ZIP compresses less tightly than newer archive formats. TAR preserves Unix file permissions and is expected by many developer tools. ZIP is at home in sending several files as one; 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.
ZIP bundles files and folders into one compressed file. Every operating system can open it without installing anything, which makes it the safe choice for sharing.
Opens in Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android without extra software
ZIP 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| ZIPZIP archive | TARTAR archive | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | ZIP | Tape Archive |
| Type | Compressed archive | Archive (no compression) |
| Compression | Lossless (Deflate) | None |
| Introduced | 1989, by Phil Katz (PKWARE) | 1979, by the Unix project at Bell Labs |
| Opens in | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android without extra software | macOS, Linux and recent Windows; 7-Zip elsewhere |
| Best for | Sending several files as one | Bundling files on Unix systems |
| File extension | .zip | .tar |
No. The ZIP 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 ZIP 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.