How to Unlock Password Protected RAR File with Free Unlocker

Option 1: Use the Best RAR Password Unlocker to Unlock Your Encrypted RAR File.

When you lost password to open your password protected RAR file, you will need help of the third way to find out the original password. Wimware RAR Password Rescuer is currently the fastest RAR Password Unlocker which can help you recover RAR/WinRAR file password regardless size and password length. It provides four powerful password attacking methods for you to find out your lost password in the shortest time.

1. Download and install RAR Password Rescuer on your computer.

2. When you finish installation in seconds, launch the software. Click “Open” button to add your encrypted RAR file to the program.

3. When “open file …” dialog pops up, navigate to your locked RAR file and click “Open”.

4. There are four attack methods for you to recover lost password fast. If you still remember type of character in your password or part of characters, choose an appropriate attack method will greatly reduce the recovery time. Here I will choose Brute-force to crack RAR file password.

5. For example, if you know that your password is made of lowercase, select character range from a to z.

6. Now click “Start” to start finding password.

7. For a moment, RAR Password Rescuer will find out the original password for you. Copy it and close the software. Now you are able to open your password protected RAR file with the password.

Option 2: Create a Free RAR Password Unlocker Yourself and Use It to Unlock Password protected RAR File.

Usually, most of people are not very keen on using any software to unlock a RAR file. Fortunately, you can create a free RAR Password Unlocker yourself. This process is quite similar to unlocking protected RAR with CMD and only works for numeric passwords. Just follow the steps to unlock your RAR file which is protected with an unknown password.

1. Create a new folder and named “RARUnlocker” on the desktop.

2. Click “Start” and type “notepad” in the search box. Select “Notepad” from search result to launch the Notepad app.

3. Copy following "RAR password cracker" code and then paste it in Notepad. This code will help you find out your lost RAR password which is made of numeric characters.

       
TITLE PASSWORD HACKER
ECHO OFF
COLOR 03
SET PSWD=0
SET DEST=%TEMP%\%RANDOM%
MD %DEST%
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO Drag and drop the archive into this window...
ECHO.
SET/P NAME=
IF EXIST "%NAME%" GOTO START
:PATH
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO Cannot find the file specified. Please enter the archive path...
ECHO.
SET/P NAME=
IF EXIST "%NAME%" GOTO START
GOTO PATH
:START
CLS
SET /A PSWD=%PSWD%+1
ECHO.
ECHO GENERATING PASSWORDS...
ECHO CURRENT PASSWORD = %PSWD%
UNRAR E -INUL -P%PSWD% "%NAME%" "%DEST%"
IF /I %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 GOTO FINISH
GOTO START
:FINISH
RD %DEST% /Q /S
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO PASSWORD FOUND!
PAUSE>NUL
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO FILE = %NAME%
ECHO HACKED PASSWORD = %PSWD%
PAUSE>NUL
EXIT  

4. Then click “File” – “Save As…”.

5. When the “Save As” dialog pops up, save the file as “RARUnlocker.bat” into the new folder you just created.

6. Go to the WinRAR install directory on your computer and find a file named “UnRAR.exe”. Simply copy the file and paste it into the new folder mentioned above.

7. You have successfully created a free RAR Password Unlocker. Start the RAR Password Unlocker by opening the RARUnlocker.bat file.

8. RAR Unlocker will run with CMD. Now drag and drop your password protected RAR file into the window. Path of the RAR file will be shown in the RARUnlocker, press Enter.

9. The program starts searching for the password.

10. For a moment, it will find out the password for you. When it tells you that the password is found, press Enter.

11. The password will be shown to you. Copy it and close the program.

12. Now you are able to unlock your encrypted RAR archives with the password.

Conclusion: If you want to unlock a RAR file which is protected by a long and complex password, you will need to use Wimware RAR Password Rescuer to recover the password fast. If you still remember character type of the password, you can choose an appropriate attacking method to greatly reduce the recovery time.