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File extension 7ZIP - 7-Zip 7z compressed archive file

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type icon Archive and compressed file type

7zip file icon: 7zip file icon

File extension 7ZIP description:

The 7ZIP file extension is used for native file format of 7-ZIP archiver

7z is the new backup and archive file format, providing high compression ratio.

The main features of 7z file format:
- Open architecture
- High compression ratio
- Strong AES-256 encryption
- Ability of using any compression, conversion or encryption method
- Support for very large files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB
- Unicode file name support
- Solid compression ratio
- Archive headers compression

7z file format has an open architecture, so it can support any new compression methods. LZMA is the default and general compression method of 7z file format.
The main features of LZMA are:

  • Variable dictionary size (up to 4 GB)
  • Compression speed: about 1 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
  • Decompression speed: about 10-20 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU
  • Small memory requirement for decompression (depend from dictionary size)
  • Small code size for decompression: about 5 KB
  • Supports multi-threading and P4's hyper-threading

The LZMA compression algorithm is very suitable for embedded applications. LZMA is released under the terms of the GNU LGPL.

7-Zip supports encryption with the AES-256 algorithm. This algorithm uses a cipher key with a length of 256 bits. To create that key, 7-Zip runs a derivation function based on a SHA-256 hash algorithm. A key derivation function produces a derived key from the text password entered by the user. To increase the cost of an exhaustive search to crack a password, 7-Zip uses a large number of iterations when it produces a cipher key from a password.

7z file format was developed as as part of the 7-Zip compression utility distributed under the GNU LGPL.

MIME: application/x-lzma

The default software that works with 7zip file format:

7-zip icon

Igor Pavlov logo 7-zip

Company or developer:
  Igor Pavlov

7-Zip is an open source file archiver with a high compression ratio. It is able to decompress a vast number of archiving format. Its localized to 79 languages and primary aimed for Windows platform. However it is available in unofficial releases for most other OS platforms. 7-zip is developed by Igor Pavlov.

p7zip for Mac icon

Igor Pavlov logo p7zip for Mac

Company or developer:
  Igor Pavlov

p7zip for Mac is command line tool used to create and extract 7zip archives.

p7zip for Linux icon

Igor Pavlov logo p7zip for Linux

Company or developer:
  Igor Pavlov

p7zip for Linux is command line tool used to create and extract 7zip archives.

Related articles:

7-Zip Review

Help how to open 7ZIP files:

Use 7-zip, or applications that support 7z archives include WinRAR, PowerArchiver, TUGZip, and IZArc.

How to convert file with extension 7ZIP:

Extract an archive and then use files from archive or backup files into another archive file format (eg. rar, zip etc.)

File identification strings:

HEX code: 37 7A BC AF 27 1C
ASCII code: 7z '

Related links:

7z file format at Wikipedia.org Encyclopedia

List of software associated to the .7zip file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, Mac OS X etc.) and possible program actions
that can be done with the file
: like open 7zip file, edit 7zip file, convert 7zip file, view 7zip file, play 7zip file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting of the 7zip files.

  • Open 7zip file
  • Save 7zip file
  • Edit 7zip file
  • View 7zip file
  • Convert 7zip file
  • Create 7zip file
  • Extract 7zip file

Programs that open 7zip file - 7-Zip 7z compressed archive file

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Microsoft Windows platform:

Main software associated with 7zip file by default:
7-zip small icon 7-zip
Other suggested software:
IZArc small icon IZArc
PowerArchiver
WinRAR small icon WinRAR
StuffIt Expander small icon StuffIt Expander

Apple Mac OS X platform:

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