Security News > 2023 > May > Windows 11 getting native support for 7-Zip, RAR, and GZ archives
Microsoft is adding native support for RAR, 7-Zip, and GZ archives to an upcoming version of Windows 11 expected this week.
Today, Microsoft announced a flurry of news at the Build 2023 conference, including tomorrow's Windows 11 Moment 3 update and the new AI-powered Windows Copilot.
As first spotted by TheVerge, hidden in a section discussing a new Windows 11 developer feature called Dev Home, Panay mentioned that Windows 11 would soon have native support for RAR, 7-Zip, and gz archives.
Microsoft integrated ZIP archives support into Windows in 1998.
The gz archive format is more commonly used in Linux via the GNU Zip utility, along with TAR archives.
Microsoft told The Verge that support for these archive formats will be rolling out to Windows 11 users over the coming days in a 'work-in-progress' update.