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ZIP files are also known as "archive" files. They use lossless compression to reduce the size of the files inside the ZIP.
A ZIP file works like a folder that groups files and compresses them, making it easier to store, send, and share their content.
Lossless means nothing is thrown away. A document unpacked from a ZIP is the same document, byte for byte, as the one that went in. That is why a ZIP is the safe way to send work someone else has to open and use.
File extension: .zip, MIME type: application/zip
ZIP on WikipediaAdd as many files as you need and they all go into a single ZIP. Images, videos, documents or a mix of all three, in one archive, in one step.
One file is easier to handle than twenty. Email clients accept it as a single attachment, chat apps keep it intact, and the person on the other end unpacks it with the tools their computer already has. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS all open a ZIP without extra software.
Folder structure is preserved, so a project keeps its shape instead of arriving as a flat pile of files.
Open the settings and type a password, and the ZIP is encrypted with it. Anyone who receives the archive needs that password to open the contents.
This is the reason to zip a file that is already small. Contracts, scans of documents, tax paperwork and anything with personal details in it travel better inside a locked archive than as a bare attachment.
Send the password separately from the file, and choose something the recipient can retype without mistakes. There is no way to recover the contents if the password is lost.
Most mail providers cap an attachment at a few megabytes and reject a message with too many files. One ZIP is a single attachment, and lossless compression buys back room.
Job applications, insurance claims and university submissions usually allow one upload. Put every document in a ZIP and the whole set arrives together, in order.
A finished project takes less room as one compressed archive, and it stays readable years later because ZIP is opened by every operating system without extra software.
Upload your files. They can be images, videos, documents, or a mix.
Add a password in the settings if the archive should be encrypted. (optional)
Click "Start" to start ZIP compression.
Yes. Upload your files, press Start and download the ZIP. No account is needed and nothing is installed.
Upload the files you want to pack, add a password if you need one, then press Start. The ZIP comes back as a single download.
Up to 5 files per archive without an account, and 10 once you register, which is free. Larger batches are part of the paid plans.
The free limit is 50 MB per upload. If your files are bigger than that, compress the images or the videos first with the matching app, then zip the smaller results. The paid plans raise the limit.
Yes. Type a password in the settings before you start and the archive is encrypted with it. Whoever opens the ZIP has to enter the same password, so send it separately from the file.
No. ZIP compression is lossless, so every file comes out of the archive exactly as it went in. Photos, video and documents are unchanged.
Any of them. Images, video, audio, documents, spreadsheets and folders can all go into the same archive, in any combination.
Double click it. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS all unpack a ZIP with the software they ship with, so the person you send it to needs nothing extra.
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