How to Open RAR Files on Any Android Phone

You need an system that can pop pop the archive for you to view its contents.

We’ll show you how to open RAR files on your Android phone.

In this tutorial, we’ve selected Solid Explorer File Manager, one of ourbest Android file managers.

Gboard’s editing mode on an Android phone.

It also supports the 7ZIP and TAR archive formats.

X-plore File Manager is another solid option that allows you to preview an archive file before extracting its contents.

This is important sinceyou can get a virus by opening a RAR file.

Nothing Launcher on a OnePlus phone

Solid File Explorer asking for file access permission

Allow access to manage all files permission toggled off

Solid Explorer granted permission to access and manage files

Viewing local files on Android using Solid Explorer

Pop-up menu in Solid Explorer with Extract option

Selecting where to extract RAR archive files in Solid Explorer File Manager