# Inside WSL (Ubuntu, Debian, etc.) tar -xvzf /mnt/c/Users/YourName/archive.tar.gz -C /home/username/
Navigate to your file's location using cd (e.g., cd C:\Downloads ). Run the following command: tar -xvzf yourfile.tar.gz Use code with caution. : Extracts the files. -v : "Verbose" mode, showing you the files as they extract. -z : Tells the tool to use gzip decompression. -f : Points to the specific file name. tar gz on windows
tar --version
If you're on an older Windows version or need advanced features (encryption, password protection, more formats), these are excellent: # Inside WSL (Ubuntu, Debian, etc
tar -xvzf file.tar.gz -C "target_folder" # Inside WSL (Ubuntu
Windows historically had a limit of 260 characters for file paths. Deeply nested TAR archives from Linux systems can exceed this.