# UNPACK ARCHIVES | Shortcuts Library

> A shortcut to extract compressed files from many archive formats (zip, rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, cab..)

## What this shortcut does

UNPACK ARCHIVES
is a shortcut to extract compressed files from many archive formats (zip, rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar, gzip, cpio, cab, iso).
How It Works
This shortcut lets you quickly extract files from almost any archive format (zip, rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar, gzip, cpio, cab, iso...) right in the Files app.
No more useless apps to install when you have to deal with compressed archives in strange formats.
Just select the archive files that you want to unpack, and then send them to this shortcut using the iOS share menu.
The shortcut will ask you to select an output folder, and if you want to overwrite the existing files.
You will be given the following options:
Overwrite
all files with the same name
Rename
the files adding a numerical suffix if already exist
Extract each archive in a
separate subfolder
Extract each archive in a separate but
dated subfolder
Enjoy!
SUPPORTED ARCHIVE FORMATS
zip, rar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar, gzip, cpio, cab, iso.
INFO
First Release 2022-07-25 v1.0.0
Latest Release 2022-07-25 v1.0.0
Author: u/fremenmuaddib
This shortcut is canonically available on at

## Compatibility

iPhone, iPad

## Required apps

Files

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