WinRAR has now released version 7.22, that finalizes an important fix for solid archive operations.

Berlin, May 1, 2026: RARLAB.COM and win.rar GmbH are proud to announce the release of the final version of WinRAR 7.22.

Improved Solid Archive Deletion

This release finalizes a multi-version fix to how WinRAR handles file deletion from solid archives.

Solid archives store files in a continuous data stream to maximize compression.

This design means that deleting a single file requires rebuilding portions of the archive.

This process introduced a regression in version 7.20.

WinRAR 7.21 began addressing the issue, and version 7.22 completes the fix by reverting the deletion behavior to its pre-7.20 state.

This resolves edge case where the repair process could produce checksum errors, which could cause integrity check failures or complicate the recovery of the modified archive.

For a complete list of all improvements and bug fixes, please visit: Whats New

Availability:

So download WinRAR 7.22 here: www.win-rar.com/download.html

Language versions beyond English may require a few days to become available due to volunteer translation efforts.

WinRAR is provided in over 40 languages and is compatible with Windows 11,10 and 8.1.

For Android users, the RAR App is available on Google Play.

The RAR.exe command line version of WinRAR is available for Windows, as well as for Linux, FreeBSD, and MAC OS X.

About WinRAR:

WinRAR is the 64-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, the powerful archiver and archive manager.

RAR files can compress content up to 30 percent more efficiently than ZIP files.

The most notable functions of WinRAR include powerful document and multimedia file compression, file encryption, processing of other archive formats, programmable self-extracting (SFX) archives, damaged archive repair, and Unicode support.