How to Bypass a .rar Password?

If you have an important file that is password protected and in a .rar format, but you have recently forgotten its password, you might be stressed about how you would recover your important files. Trust me, we’ve all been there once, and there are ways to get out of this issue.

In this article, we will understand what a .rar file is and how you can bypass the password if you have forgotten it, gaining back access to your files.

Let’s start by knowing the .rar file format.

What is a .rar File?

.rar is a data archival and compression file format that supports data correction and compression properties. It can be created by using the popular and free-to-use WinRAR tool.

.rar files can hold multiple sub-files and are often used to free up space on computers by compressing multiple documents into a single .rar record. Such compressions are efficient as they result in a minimum of 40-50% reduction in file size, making them lighter on disk.

.rar files support multiple things to increase data protection. One of them is a password. Whenever someone tries to unzip the files, they need to provide the pre-set password that was set to secure the file pretty nicely.

However, there are cases, quite common, wherein you had a file, wanted to secure it with a strong passcode, and ultimately ended up forgetting the same. This is where the upcoming section will help you.

 

Let’s explore the different ways to bypass .rar file passwords.

Ways to Bypass .rar Password

 

1. Try Frequently Used Passwords

Most people have a habit of recycling the same 5–10 passwords across their accounts or anywhere they need to do so under security measures. If you are one of them, bypassing your .rar file will be an easy task.

Double-click the winRAR file that you want to bypass, then go to the ‘extract to’ option on the window and select the destination where you want to extract the file contents.

Then you will be presented with a window to enter your .rar file’s password. In this window, try all the passwords that you frequently use, and check if any one of them successfully unlocks the file.

Only if any of your frequently used passwords matches the .rar file’s password will you see the contents extracted to the destination folder that you selected during the ‘extract to’ option.

 

2. Bypass Using WinRAR Password Unlocker

If your frequently used passwords do not work and you have no clue about the .rar file’s password, you should try out a winRAR password unlocker like Passper.

Such tools have a higher success rate at cracking the winRAR file’s password as they use advanced algorithms for guessing the same. Moreover, you can also provide a list of possible passwords to the tool, and it will try out all the different permutations and combinations from the samples you provide.

Cracking WinRAR passwords through such tools might take some time, and that is why you also get the option to pause and resume recovery processes at any time. This way, you can turn them off when you are using the computer for work and resume the processes when the computer is idle.

Apart from the break and continue functionality, many other features make using such tools for bypassing a .rar file’s password a breeze. You should use them, as they have a higher success rate.

 

3. Bypass with CMD

Windows has a powerful command prompt, and by using it in admin mode, you can achieve a lot of things. Bypassing .rar file passwords are one of them.

Below is how you can use CMD to do this.

1. Copy the code given below and save it as a .bat file:

@echo off

title WinRar Password Retriever

copy “C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Unrar.exe”

SET PASS=0

SET TMP=TempFold

MD %TMP%

:RAR

cls

echo.

SET/P “NAME=File Name  : ”

IF “%NAME%”==”” goto ProblemDetected

goto GPATH

:ProblemDetected

echo You can’t leave this blank.

pause

goto RAR

:GPATH

SET/P “PATH=Enter Full Path (eg: C:\Users\Admin\Desktop) : ”

IF “%PATH%”==”” goto PERROR

goto NEXT

:PERROR

echo You can’t leave this blank.

pause

goto RAR

:NEXT

IF EXIST “%PATH%\%NAME%” GOTO SP

goto PATH

:PATH

cls

echo File couldn’t be found. Make sure you include the (.RAR) extension at the end of the file’s name.

pause

goto RAR

:SP

echo.

echo Breaking Password…

echo.

:START

title Processing…

SET /A PASS=%PASS%+1

UNRAR E -INUL -P%PASS% “%PATH%\%NAME%” “%TMP%”

IF /I %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 GOTO FINISH

GOTO START

:FINISH

RD %TMP% /Q /S

Del “Unrar.exe”

cls

title 1 Password Found

echo.

echo File = %NAME%

echo Stable Password= %PASS%

echo.

echo Press any key to exit.

pause>NUL

exit

2. Once the file is saved, you just have to double-click on it, and a small command prompt window will appear where you can enter the file location and password.

3. After adding that, the command prompt will try to bypass the .rar file’s password, and it will surely take some time here. If it finds a password that can open the .rar file, it will show the password to you so that you can open the file using this password.

 

4. Bypass with Notepad

A notepad is a simple tool that is used to write notes in the Windows environment. But it can also be used to unlock a .rar file. Before you try this method, you must make a copy of your .rar file, as this method is a bit risky, and the recovery rate is pretty low too.

Below are the steps to try bypassing a .rar file with Notepad:

1. Head over to the password-protected file in your file explorer and right-click on the file. Upon seeing the context menu, select ‘open with option’, then select “choose another app” option, and then notepad.
2. When the file is opened in Notepad, you will see lots of strings and other characters. Here, click on the ‘find and replace’ option, search for all instances of  Ûtà, and replace them with 5^3tà.
3. Similarly, replace all instances of ‘IžC0 with IžC_0.
4. Once the strings are replaced, save the Notepad file and try to open the .rar file again. If the fix is successful, you will be able to open the file without a password.

 

Conclusion

There are several ways to bypass a .rar file’s password, but hardly a few of them guarantee you’ll unlock the file. The ones discussed here are some of the widely used ways to crack open a file without its passcode. They’ve provided a pretty high success rate to anyone who has tried these methods.

However,  if you find any other sources, please proceed with caution, as there are high chances you might lose your files during the password cracking process. It is advisable to create multiple copies of the .rar file to safely try all the available methods.

 

Author Name:- Harikrishna Kundariya

Biography:- Harikrishna Kundariya, a marketer, developer, IoT, ChatBot & Blockchain savvy, designer, co-founder, Director of eSparkBiz Technologies. His 12+ years of experience enables him to provide digital solutions to new start-ups based on IoT and SaaS applications.

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