Category Overview

Archive File Extensions

Archive file extensions are used to package, compress, encrypt, or transfer one or more files. Browse the formats below to identify an archive and find software that may extract, create, inspect, or convert it.

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Archive Extensions
Category Guide

How to open archive and compressed files

Archive formats differ in compression, encryption, multi-part support, and platform compatibility. Scan unknown archives before extracting them, avoid opening unexpected executable content, and use a trusted extraction application.

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3 Archive Extensions Available
.IPA

iOS App Package

The IPA (iOS App Package) file extension is a proprietary archive file format used by Apple's iOS operating system to distribute applic...

Archive
.IPSW

iPhone Software Package

An IPSW file is a proprietary archive format used by Apple to distribute firmware updates for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS devices. I...

Archive
.ISO

International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Disk Image

An ISO file, often referred to as an ISO image, is an archive file that contains an identical copy (or image) of the data found on an o...

Archive