Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 1)
File type: Archive and compressed file
A part1.rar file extension is related to the Split Multi-volume RAR compressed file archive (part 1) files.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 19, 2025
The part1.rar file extension is associated with WinRAR. Its one part of a multi-volume compressed RAR archive. The extension is actually only rar, the part(number) is added to the file name of the 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:
Or:
The newer versions of WinRAR are using:
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.
The part1.rar 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 (e.g Avatar.part1.rar file) multi-volume archive in WinRAR application and extract files from RAR multi-volume archive.
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.
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ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
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B1 Free Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
Stuffit (Microsoft Windows)
StuffIt Deluxe (Microsoft Windows)
StuffIt Expander (Microsoft Windows)
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Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)
ZIPGenius (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
RAR for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
ALZip for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
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EZ7z for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt Deluxe for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt Expander for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
WinZip Mac Edition (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
RAR for Linux (Linux/Unix)
File Roller (Linux/Unix)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
RAR for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
RAR for Linux (Linux/Unix)
WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)
7-zip (Microsoft Windows)
ALZip (Microsoft Windows)
Astrotite (Microsoft Windows)
B1 Free Archiver (Microsoft Windows)
IZArc (Microsoft Windows)
PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)
Stuffit (Microsoft Windows)
StuffIt Deluxe (Microsoft Windows)
StuffIt Expander (Microsoft Windows)
WinZip (Microsoft Windows)
Zipeg (Microsoft Windows)
ZIPGenius (Microsoft Windows)
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
RAR for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
ALZip for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Archiver (RuckSack) (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
EZ7z for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
sArchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt Deluxe for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
StuffIt Expander for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
WinZip Mac Edition (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Zipeg for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
RAR for Linux (Linux/Unix)
File Roller (Linux/Unix)
Xarchiver (Linux/Unix)
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