Extraction options

If extraction command is invoked inside of archive, while browsing archive contents, it will unpack files and folders selected in this archive. If nothing is selected, RAR will automatically select the entire archive contents.

If extraction is invoked outside of archive, while browsing usual non-archived files, selected files are considered as archives and processed with unpacking. If folders are selected, RAR will search them recursively for files with archive extensions such as .rar, .zip, etc. and attempt to unpack them too. If nothing is selected, RAR will automatically select all files with archive extensions in the current folder.

Options available in this dialog are listed below.

Destination path

Name of folder to place extracted files. If this folder does not exist, it will be created automatically. You can accept the proposed by default folder name, enter another folder name using a keyboard or press "Browse" button to browse for destination folder. You can also click on "Destination path" button to quickly select one of proposed paths from the list. Details on proposed paths list are provided here.

Ask before overwrite

Prompts before overwriting an existing file.

Overwrite without prompt

Existing files are overwritten without any prompt.

Skip existing files

Do not overwrite files which are already exist.

Keep broken files

If enabled, RAR will not delete files which are not extracted properly, for example, when archive is damaged. By default, RAR deletes such files. You can try to save a part of the information from broken file.

Do not extract paths

Ignore archived path information and extract files from root archive folder and subfolders to the same destination folder.

Extract archives to subfolders

This option is available only when multiple archives are unpacked and disabled for single archive. It places unpacked contents of each archive to separate subfolder, which name will be generated based on the archive name.

Display extracted files

Display contents of folder with extracted files on successful completion.

Save settings

Set current state of options in this dialog as the new default. All options except the destination path are saved. "Extract archives to subfolders" is saved only if you selected multiple archives. Options saved here are also used in context menu and clipboard extraction operations.