How to compress TAR.GZ
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Add your TAR.GZ files
Drag and drop TAR.GZ files onto the compressor, paste them, or click to browse. You can add several at once.
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Keep the default
TAR.GZ compression is lossless, so there's nothing to tune: every file comes back with identical contents.
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Compress
Click Compress. Files are processed in an isolated cloud sandbox and are usually ready in seconds.
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Download
Download each smaller TAR.GZ, or everything at once as a ZIP.
What compression does to TAR.GZ
Repacks at maximum gzip compression; the contents are byte-identical.
It's lossless, so there are no quality levels to choose between: every file comes back with identical contents, just packed more tightly.
Need it much smaller? xz typically compresses noticeably better than gzip. Convert TAR.GZ to TAR.XZ
Why there are no target sizes
Lossless compression never throws anything away, so how small a TAR.GZ can get depends entirely on what's in it. There's no quality dial to turn until the file hits 1 MB or 100 KB, which is why TAR.GZ has no target-size pages.
If you need a specific size, convert to a lossy format first, for example TAR.GZ to TAR.XZ.
TAR.GZ · Gzipped Tar Archive
TAR.GZ is a TAR bundle compressed with gzip, the standard archive format for source code and Linux software.
- Type
- Archive
- Extension
- .tgz .tar.gz .gz
- MIME
- application/gzip
- Best for
- source code releases and server backups
Compressing TAR.GZ: frequently asked questions
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