What is the purpose of extracting a file

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What is the point of extracting a .rar file?

Thank you in advance.

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Pierrecastor Posted messages 10830 Registration date   Status Modérateur Last intervention   4 215
 
Hello

A rar file is a compressed file.

This means it is a file containing other files, kind of like a wardrobe can hold several things.

To extract is to take the files out of the wardrobe and place them directly on your PC.

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But then I'm asked to delete, what can I do?

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