Un-gzip a .gz file in the browser and save it under its original name
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.A .gz file is one file squeezed with gzip, such as a server log, a database dump or a CSV export. This page decompresses it in your browser and saves it under its original name, read from the gzip header when the file name does not say. When the .gz holds a tar archive, its files are listed as well.
Drop the .gz file on the page, or press Select an archive.
Press Open archive; a single compressed file is un-gzipped, and a .tar inside is opened too.
Press Download to save the file under its original name.
For a whole folder that was packed, press Download all as ZIP.
TAR.GZ Extractor opens the archives that Linux servers, developers and backup tools make, on any computer or phone, without installing 7-Zip or using a terminal. It reads a plain .tar, a .tar.gz or its short form .tgz, and a single .gz file, and also .tar.bz2, .tar.xz, RAR and 7z archives.
How it works. A .tar.gz is two layers. Gzip squeezes the bytes; tar inside packs many files into one. The page un-gzips with your browser's own decompressor, then reads the tar headers one 512-byte block at a time, as the POSIX standard lays them out. Long file names from GNU tar and from pax headers, accented and non-Latin names, and files larger than 8 GB are all read correctly.
What you get. A list of every file with its folder and size, a Download button for each, and Download all as ZIP, which keeps the folders so the zip has the same layout as the archive. A plain .gz is saved under its original name, read from the gzip header when the file name does not say it.
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Drop the file on this page and press Open archive. The browser un-gzips it, reads the tar inside and lists every file with its folder and size. Press Download beside a file to save one, or Download all as ZIP to save everything together.
A .tar packs many files into one without making them smaller. A .tar.gz, or its short form .tgz, is that tar squeezed with gzip. A plain .gz is usually one single file squeezed with gzip, such as a log or a database dump. All four open here.
Up to 1 GB as chosen, and up to 2 GB once unpacked, with at most 20,000 entries. The whole archive is held in the memory of the browser tab, so a phone may need a smaller file than a computer. A damaged or cut-short archive still gives every complete file before the damage.
No. The file is read and unpacked by your own browser on your device, and the zip is built there too. Nothing is sent to a server, so private backups and logs stay private. Paths that try to climb out of the folder with two dots are kept inside it.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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