It seems like everything is moving to the cloud these days. Free services are out there to store the data in the cloud, create and edit documents, and then there are many services that let you perform various operations typically performed by installing applications.
In one of our previous guides titled 3 ways to open RAR & 7Z online for free, we discussed about the best three online services to quickly extract the contents of RAR and 7Z files online without installing any additional software or browser extension.
In this article, we are going to share the best four free online services to convert RAR files to Zip and vice versa.
Convert Files
Convert Files is a free online tool to convert your RAR files to Zip. Convert Files supports files up to 250 MB. After completing the conversion, you can either click on the download link or set Convert Files to automatically send the download link to your email.
In addition to archives, Convert Files service supports audio, video, documents, and images.
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CloudConvert
Unlike other online conversion services out there, CloudConvert sports an elegant interface and the layout is very clean. It supports over 200 file formats as of now. The downside, however, it doesn’t offer a browse button to quickly browse to the file that you want to convert. Instead, you need to drag and drop the file on to CloudConvert webpage.
As soon as the conversion gets completed, a download button will appear on the page.
On the other side, it can notify you when the conversion is completed and even send files to Dropbox or Google Drive. Supports over 50 file formats from Zip to RAR to ISO.
Maximum size per file is 100 MB but you can upload files up to 1 GB in size by registering with CloudConvert (free). Without a doubt, CloudConvert is easily the best online file conversion service.
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DocsPal
Just like other online services, DocsPal also supports popular RAR and Zip formats. To convert a RAR file to Zip, visit DocsPal webpage, browse to the file that you want to convert, and select the output format before clicking the convert button.
DocsPal is capable of converting archives of size up to 200 MB and can convert a maximum of five files at once.
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ZamZar
ZamZar is a free service to quickly convert files from one format to another. ZamZar supported tens of file formats including RAR, ZIP, 7Z, CAB, and JPG.
Though ZamZar supports over 50 file formats, the catch is that you need to enter your email address to get the converted file. That is, after converting your RAR file to Zip, ZamZar doesn’t offer you a download link but instead it sends out a mail containing the download link to your email address.
To convert a RAR file to Zip, open ZamZar, select the file from your PC or enter the URL of the file, select zip as the output format, enter your email address, and then click the convert button. The maximum size per file is 100 MB.
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Let us know which you favourite service to convert RAR files to Zip online.
