What's the best rar password recovery tool for Windows 11

I have encountered a similar situation before. I forgot password of an old compressed package and almost collapsed... Although many rar password recovery tools are really convenient now, I also wanted to try a method without third-party software at that time. Here are 3 methods I have tried to see if they can help you

✅ Method 1: Try Notepad + guess password combination
Open the .rar file with Notepad (although it is a bunch of garbled characters), sometimes you can see some clues in the file name or comments. I used this to associate it with an old email address I used as a password, and finally guessed it manually. It is the most "original" rar password recovery method.

✅ Method 2: Write a small script to run common passwords
If you know a little bit of PowerShell or CMD scripts, you can use WinRAR command line interface + common password dictionary to write a small tool to run. For example, use a .bat file to call rar x -p [password] file name.rar in a loop. Although it is slower, it does not require third-party installation, which is considered a "self-reliant" rar password recovery.

bat
echo off
for %%p in (123456 654321 password test123) do (
"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" x -p%%p test.rar >nul
if exist "test.txt" (
echo The password is found! Yes %%p
pause
exit
)
)

This script will traverse the common passwords to try to decompress, and stop when it finds one. It is very suitable for manual rar password recovery, especially when you have a clue about the password.

✅ Method 3: Using PowerShell script is more flexible
You can also use PowerShell to implement similar logic, and run it line by line with the password dictionary file:

powershell
$zip = "C:\test.rar"
$passwords = Get-Content "C:\passlist.txt"

foreach ($p in $passwords) {
& "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe" x -p$p $zip "C:\output\" > $null
if (Test-Path "C:\output\some file name.txt") {
Write-Host "Found the password: $p"
break
}
}

This is much more flexible than bat, especially suitable for dictionary running, a very practical command-line rar password recovery method.

In general, it is a bit hard to do rar password recovery without third-party tools, but if you are not in a hurry, there is still a chance to unlock it! If it doesn't work, consider using tools to assist~ I hope you can successfully recover your password!