


Let’s take look at the options so you can learn how to open and extract RAR files on your iPhone and iPad. Thanks to the bunch of third-party file manager apps that are available on the App Store, you have plenty of options to deal with the RAR format in iOS and iPadOS. But, that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. Due to its proprietary nature, you will not be able to extract RAR files natively on your iPhone or iPad (yet anyway, but perhaps down the road?).

This makes managing compressed files a breeze until, you run into a RAR file, which is a proprietary file format developed by RARLAB. The Files app of iOS and iPadOS allows users to uncompress and open ZIP files natively on their devices using the Files app, and to create zip files too.
