

Then you can preview ZIP or RAR file contents within web browser without having to download the whole archive file on your computer. Then type or paste URL of online ZIP or RAR archive file and click Generate link button. Open Google Docs Viewer tool in your web browser. Example here Open ZIP or RAR file online in Google Docs Viewerġ. In the viewer window, you can view, download and save to Google Docs specific file(s) contained in the ZIP or RAR archive file by clicking Actions button. This will open Google Docs viewer, showing content of that ZIP or RAR file you have received on Gmail.Ĥ. Click View button next to ZIP file listing in the attachments section.ģ. Open email message that has ZIP or RAR file as attachment in your Gmail inbox.Ģ. Open & preview ZIP & RAR files in Gmail emailġ. Downloading and file extraction is done, even when you only want to preview contents of the ZIP or RAR file – how about eliminating this step of downloading archive file on computer and reducing clutter on your computer? We can easily do this using in-built online ZIP and RAR viewer functionality in Gmail and Google Docs, powered by Google Docs viewer. Ideally, when we receive a ZIP or RAR archive file, we download it and then unzip it to view contents. ZIP and RAR file format allow easy sending and sharing of multiple files as one single archive file.
