Convert RAR to TAR online

To convert RAR to TAR, upload the RAR file, start the conversion and download the result: Converter.now writes a TAR archive. Files and folders are unpacked and repacked into TAR; the files inside are not changed.

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RAR to TAR at a glance

Converts: RAR archive format → TAR archive format
Output: A TAR archive
Compression: RAR: lossless → TAR: uncompressed
Engine: Python archive tools and 7-Zip
Privacy: Private download link; files are deleted after 6 hours. No account needed.

Archive extraction and repackaging: How RAR becomes TAR

Unpacking RAR exposes its entries, and a new TAR package is built from their filenames and folder paths. Compression gets rebuilt from scratch, and archive-level encryption, comments, or recovery records should never be assumed to carry over. RAR extraction must account for solid compression, encrypted headers, recovery records, and split volumes before the complete member tree is known. TAR output writes a sequential member stream that can preserve Unix-oriented paths, permissions, and links but supplies no compression unless wrapped separately.

Read as a RAR archive supporting compressed folder trees and optional recovery or encryption features. Rebuilt as an uncompressed archive preserving a Unix-style folder tree, names, and file metadata.

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RAR

RAR archive format

Used for packaging files and folder structures.

Family: Archives
MIME: application/vnd.rar

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TAR

TAR archive format

Designed for packaging files and folder structures.

Family: Archives
MIME: application/x-tar

How to confirm the converted TAR actually works

Record the RAR evidence before conversion

Extract every item with the recipient's utility and compare filenames, folders, sizes, and checksums.

Test the TAR file in its receiving workflow

List and extract the archive, then compare paths, link targets, permissions, and file counts.

RAR source facts versus TAR output requirements

What can fail when RAR archive format is interpreted

Creating RAR may require tools the recipient lacks, and archive comments, recovery records, or encryption options may differ.

What TAR archive format cannot safely promise

TAR alone may be large, and permissions, symbolic links, or path conventions can behave differently off Unix.

How the TAR writer handles this route

The writer builds an uncompressed archive preserving a Unix-style folder tree, names, and file metadata and labels the result as application/x-tar. The receiving application - Not the extension alone - Is the final compatibility test.

Deciding when RAR to TAR is the right conversion

TAR is the right move once the recipient's archive tool cannot reliably open RAR; judge success by the extracted folder tree, not by the new package's file size.

What changes between the RAR model and the TAR deliverable

Files and folders are unpacked and repacked into TAR; the files inside are not changed.
Treat RAR-specific metadata fields as optional in the TAR result until you have actually confirmed they survived.