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# Previewing archives

With Archiver you can preview an archive. From the preview, you can then open files in the archive individually.

## To preview an archive:

Drag in the archive.

To extract files individually, select the files and drag them to the desired folder in Finder.

To quickly see a file’s contents, select the file and press Space. You can also quickly open files by double-clicking them.

You can preview an archive as a list (the default), or as a grid. To switch to the grid view, click . To return to the list view, click .

### Related Topics

working with archives

opening archives

previewing archives