TAR-GZ

Gzip compressed TAR archive

File type: Archive and compressed file

A tar-gz file extension is associated with the Gzip compressed TAR Archive format.

What is tar-gz file?

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: July 19, 2025

The tar-gz file extension is related to the Gzip compressed TAR Archive format.

For other information about TAR Archive Format see TAR, TAZ, GZ file extensions.

Mime types:
application/gnutar
application/x-tar
application/x-compressed

How to open tar-gz file?

Use compatible tools to work with *.tar-gz files.

Suggested software to open tar-gz file:

7-zip

Associated software actions with the tar-gz file

Open

Software applications that can open tar-gz files:

7-zip (Microsoft Windows)

WinRAR (Microsoft Windows)

PeaZip (Microsoft Windows)

The Unarchiver (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

StuffIt Expander for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Extract

Software apps that extract tar-gz files: