Windows will finally be able to support .RAR files natively after many years of mild inconvenience. As reported by TechCrunch, Winrar or 7zip will no longer be a necessity when trying to extract .

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files. For those that ...

Microsoft has quietly announced that it will support opening RAR files on Windows 11. The file format typically requires WinRAR or another file compression app.

WinRAR trial users, you no longer have to dismiss that nag screen. Windows 11 supports .rar files natively.