How to convert your LHA file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LHA file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert LHA to another file type
The converter easily converts your LHA file to various formats - free and online. No WinRAR or extra software needed.
- LHA to ADF
- LHA to ZIP
- LHA to RAR
- LHA to 7Z
- LHA to TAR
- LHA to GZ
- LHA to BZ2
- LHA to XZ
- LHA to LZMA
- LHA to CAB
- LHA to ACE
- LHA to ARJ
Convert a file to LHA
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Compressed formats to LHA with high quality output.
- XXE to LHA
- 7Z to LHA
- Z to LHA
- PAK to LHA
- DEB to LHA
- UUE to LHA
- TAR to LHA
- LZH to LHA
- ZIP to LHA
- PKG to LHA
- RAR to LHA
- ARJ to LHA
About LHA files
The .LHA file type is a legacy compressed archive format, historically ubiquitous on Commodore Amiga systems and MS-DOS environments during the early 1990s. Originally created by Haruyasu Yoshizaki, it utilizes the Lempel-Ziv-Huffman (LZH) compression algorithm. While highly efficient for its era, the .LHA format presents significant friction for modern users: neither Microsoft Windows nor macOS can open these files natively without third-party software. Furthermore, archaic compression methods (like Lh1 or Lh4) may trigger extraction errors in contemporary unarchivers. Users typically encounter these files when accessing retro software libraries, old BBS dumps, or Amiga emulation data (often found on Aminet). To ensure long-term accessibility and ease of use, the most pragmatic solution is converting these archives to ZIP or 7Z. For web distribution, converting to standard ZIP eliminates compatibility hurdles; for deep archiving where file integrity matters, converting to TAR or a non-proprietary format is recommended.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LHA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted ADF, IPF, SO, BIN, P65, HA, LEMON, RAR and ZIP files.
The LHA Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LHA converter.