Open TAR.GZ and TGZ Archives

Open a .tar.gz or .tgz file and save its contents.

These two endings describe the same type of compressed package. Select the file and choose which contents to download.

You need the complete file. This tool cannot rebuild a damaged download or recover missing contents.

Keep your original files until you have opened the downloaded result and checked it. The tool works on a copy, so you can start again if you need different settings.

Projects and backups often arrive in a file ending in .tar.gz or .tgz. Select the complete file and inspect the contents before choosing downloads. Look for the folder path containing the document or source file you need. The outer compressed package does not tell you whether its contents are pictures, code or documents; each saved item still needs an app that understands its own format.

A .gz ending can describe compressed data that is not a TAR package. Changing its name to .tar.gz does not turn that data into a folder of files. Check the source description and get the correct download if possible. If a genuine TAR.GZ still fails, confirm the download completed and request a fresh copy rather than repeatedly renaming it.

A TAR groups files and folder paths into one package. Gzip compresses that package, producing a name such as project.tar.gz. The shorter .tgz ending is another common way to label the same arrangement. Opening both layers lets you reach the individual documents or other files inside. This is different from converting those contents into new file types. A source-code file remains code and a picture remains an image. Look at the names in the extracted listing to choose what you need, then use an appropriate application for each saved item. Keep the source package if it belongs to a project that you may need to install or restore later.

Need one ZIP file to share instead? Use TAR.GZ to ZIP. If the file ends only in .tar, use Extract TAR.