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Open a WCZ archive online, free

Open and extract .WCZ archives online. Unzip, browse and download the files inside, free WCZ extractor.

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How to open a .WCZ file online

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Pick your .WCZ file

Drag it in or click to choose it. We read its contents list first, so it opens right away without unpacking everything.

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Browse what's inside

See every file with its size, how much it's compressed and its date, and search by name across all the folders.

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Preview or download

Click a file to preview text or images, or save just that one. Need everything? Download it all as a single ZIP.

About .WCZ files

What a .WCZ file is, and what's inside it.

A .WCZ file is a Chameleon Clock Wallpaper File developed by Softshape Development. It functions as an archive that stores settings and data used for desktop backgrounds. These files are specifically designed to be opened and processed by the Chameleon Clock application.

Programs that open .WCZ files

Windows
Chameleon Clock
.WCZ format details
DeveloperSoftshape Development

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Do I have to unpack the whole .WCZ file?

No. The viewer reads its table of contents first and only unpacks a file when you click it. That works even with multi-gigabyte archives, because we read just the bytes we need.

Can I open password-protected archives?

Yes, for ZIP (ZipCrypto and AES) and 7Z. You'll be asked for the password,. We can't recover forgotten passwords.

Is my .WCZ file uploaded anywhere?

No. The code that unpacks the file is downloaded once and then reused.

Why does a .docx or .apk open as an archive?

Because they are ZIP archives under the hood. Office documents, Android apps, Java programs and EPUB books all use ZIP as their container.

What about split archives (.001, .z01, .part1.rar)?

Multi-part archives need all their parts. Today you can open the first part to see the file list; joining parts is on our roadmap.

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