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How to Extract Archives Using the File Manager
How to Extract Archives Using the File Manager

Extracting compressed files with File Manager at Hostinger

Updated over a year ago

Hostinger's file manager allows extracting archives in just a few clicks!

The supported formats for archive extraction using this feature are zip, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, tar.lz4, and tar.sz

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To extract an archive, go to go to WebsitesManage, search for File Manager on the sidebar, and click on it:

The hPanel sidebar showing to select File Manager

Find the archive file, right-click on it, and choose Extract:

The context menu on an archive file showing how to extract

You will be presented with the following options:

The Extract archive options: choose folder name, select destination and overwrite existing files
  • Choose folder name - if the entered folder does not exist, it will be created

  • Select the destination - you can use these options to pick a different location for your unarchived files. Double-click on .. to go to the parent directory

  • Currently navigating on - shows the path for folders on the Select the destination area

  • Overwrite existing files - mark the checkbox to overwrite existing files

Once all is good to go, click on Extract to start the process.

After the extraction is completed, the File Manager will reload - you can now navigate to the folder you specified to see the content:

The new folder resulted from extracting the archive

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