R31 file extension. How to open and convert files with R31 file suffix

An r31 file extension is related to the WinRAR compression tool. An r31 file stores Split Multi-volume RAR compressed archive (part 33).

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Software that open r31 file

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R31 file extension - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 33)

What is r31 file? How to open r31 files?

File type specification:

Archive and compressed file type

r31 file icon:

The r31 file extension is associated with WinRAR. Files with this extension represent one part of a multi-volume compressed RAR archive.

Some rar files can be parts of a multi-volume sequences. In WinRAR you can split a huge archive to a few smaller files, which are called volumes.

Older versions of WinRAR used either:

rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
r01, r02, r03 ....etc. for any additional volumes

Or:

rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
001, 002, 003 ....etc. for any additional volumes

The newer versions of WinRAR are using:

rar or exe (SFX) for first volume
part1.rar, part2.rar, part3.rar ....etc. for any additional volumes

In order to unpack the multi-volume RAR archive, you need to place ALL of the split parts in the same directory and start extraction of the first volume. The program will automatically use all of the parts to extract the content of the archive.

Updated: April 6, 2024

The default software associated to open r31 file:

WinRAR

Company or developer:
win.rar GmbH

A file compression and archive utility. Along with WinZip and 7-Zip is one of the most common compression programs for Windows. Its native format is as the name implies RAR and uses rar file extension.

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

WinRAR is also able to unpack CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, 7Z, Z archives. It consistently makes smaller archives than the competition, saving disk space and transmission costs. WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface.

RAR for Mac

Company or developer:
win.rar GmbH

RAR for Mac is command line tool used to create and extract RAR archives.

Help how to open:

The r31 file is only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. If you want to extract this file, you must have all parts of the RAR multi-volume archive. Open the first part of RAR (*.rar file) multi-volume archive in WinRAR application and extract files from RAR multi-volume archive.

How to convert:

It is not possible to convert only one part of RAR multi-volume archive. Only complete RAR archive can be converted in to another archive or compression format. The easiest way how to convert complete RAR multi-volume archive is to decompress the RAR archive with the use of WinRAR and repack the content with another compression or archive application of your choice.

List of software applications associated to the .r31 file extension

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and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open r31 file, edit r31 file, convert r31 file, view r31 file, play r31 file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Software that open r31 file - Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 33)

Programs supporting the exension r31 on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open r31 file action.