Screenshot of ruTorrent File Manager showing seedbox directory structure with folders for downloads, docker, config, and private files

Because sometimes you only want to remove a few files from an archive.

1. With ruTorrent running, use the Filemanager tab to navigate to the archive you want to expand.

Extracting An Archive With Rutorrent

2. Right clicking on the archive with open a menu box. Select "extract here"

Extracting An Archive With Rutorrent

3. Make sure you are happy with the destination directory and click start.

Extracting An Archive With Rutorrent

4. A dialog box will pop up as ruTorrent expands the archive. Once it finishes, click close and your new archive will be waiting for you!

Extracting An Archive With Rutorrent

Extracting Archives on Your Seedbox

Many torrents are distributed as compressed archives (.rar, .zip, .tar.gz). You can extract them directly on your seedbox without downloading the archive to your PC first.

Steps to Extract

  1. Open ruTorrent and go to the File Manager tab
  2. Navigate to the archive file (.rar, .zip, .tar.gz, .7z)
  3. Right-click on the archive file
  4. Select Extract here (extracts to the current folder) or Extract to… (choose a destination)
  5. Wait for extraction to complete — progress appears in the ruTorrent console

Supported Archive Formats

  • .rar — Most common in torrent scene releases (including multi-part .r00, .r01)
  • .zip — Universal format, supported everywhere
  • .tar.gz / .tar.bz2 — Common on Linux
  • .7z — High compression ratio

Tips

  • Multi-part RAR archives (.r00, .r01, etc.) extract automatically — just extract the main .rar file
  • If extraction fails, the archive may be corrupted or incomplete. Re-download the torrent first.
  • After extraction, you can delete the archive to save storage space

Related

To create archives, see Creating an Archive.

Client Area