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XZ compressed TAR archive
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with tar.xz suffix are typically found as twice compressed files, which were first compressed by TAR then by XZ compression.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
File with extension tar.xz is related to TAR archives that are further compressed with XZ file compression. The .tar.gz format uses gzip compression, while .tar.xz uses xz compression, which typically provides a higher compression ratio.
It is mostly found on the Unix/Linux platform, but occasionally, it may be downloaded from internet sources.
Programs like 7-zip or similar archivers can view and extract the contents of these files.
You can repack .tar.xz files to other compressed files, such as RAR or ZIP.
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