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ADD YOUR 7Z
Drop the 7Z file into the box above or choose it from your device.
7Z → GZ / online converter
7Z to GZ Converter
Convert a 7Z archive to TAR.GZ, the standard compressed archive on Linux and macOS.
01 / how to
How to convert 7Z to GZ
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CONVERT TO GZ
GZ is already selected. Press Convert and wait a few seconds.
03
DOWNLOAD
Save the finished GZ file. The original is deleted from our server.
02 / what you get
What happens to your data
Kept
- Folders (including empty ones) and file names in any language, such as Cyrillic or Polish, are kept
- File dates and Unix permissions are kept, so a script that was executable stays executable
- A standard .tar.gz (tarball) that opens with tar -xzf on Linux and macOS and with 7-Zip or WinRAR on Windows
Good to know
- Password-protected 7Z files are not supported, including archives that only hide the file names.
- gzip compresses less tightly than 7Z or XZ, in return it is fast and understood everywhere.
- Links (shortcuts) and special files inside the archive are left out. Only real files and folders are converted.
- Archives up to 300 MB are accepted. An archive that unpacks to more than 500 MB or 20,000 files is refused.
03 / formats
7Z vs GZ
7Z
A 7Z file is the archive format of the 7-Zip tool. It usually compresses tighter than ZIP, which makes it popular for large downloads and backups, but Windows and macOS can't open it without extra software.
Used in: Large downloads · Backups · Game mods & software
GZ
A .tar.gz file (sometimes called a tarball) is a TAR archive that's been compressed with gzip — the most common archive format on Linux and for open-source software downloads.
Used in: Linux software downloads · Open-source releases · Server backups