5 tools · Free · On-device
Archive File Corrupter Tools
Archives are the formats most explicitly engineered against corruption. RAR ships recovery records, ZIP repair tools scan for surviving local headers, and TAR has no index to lose in the first place. Each of these tools removes every fallback its format provides, not just the first one.
Each tool at a glance
- ZIP Corrupter .zip, .jar, .war
End of central directory. The EOCD record in the final 64 KB is destroyed, which is what makes a file stop being a ZIP. - RAR Corrupter .rar, .r00, .part1.rar
The RAR signature. TheRar!\x1A\x07marker block at the start of the file is destroyed, so the archive is not recognised. - 7z Corrupter .7z
The signature header. The7z\xBC\xAF\x27\x1Cmarker and the offset it carries to the end header are destroyed. - ISO Corrupter .iso, .img, .cue
The system area. The first 32 KB, which holds boot code on bootable images, is overwritten in full. - TAR Corrupter .tar, .tar.gz, .tgz, .gz
ustar block headers. Theustarmagic in each 512-byte file header is destroyed, so no entry can be identified.
About these archives tools
Every tool listed here runs the same engine. The dedicated pages exist because each format fails differently and it is worth knowing what to expect, which application shows which error, whether a repair feature will rescue the file, and what survives at each damage level.
What they have in common
- Nothing is uploaded. Every byte is processed in your browser.
- No size limit. Files are handled in 8 MB slices.
- The output looks normal. Same filename, byte length and MIME type.
- Four damage levels. From partial damage to cryptographic noise.