UPDATED : On Windows 11 23H2, it’s possible to open and extract files from Zip, RAR, Tar, and 7-Zip archival containers natively through File Explorer without third-party applications, and in this guide, you will learn how.Īlthough the operating system has included the ability to unzip files for a long time, you had to use third-party tools (such as 7Zip and WSL) for other archival formats, such as RAR and 7-Zip.