Zip and Unzip Files

About Zip and Unzip Files

This free tool does both halves of the job: it makes a ZIP file from any files you choose, and it opens a ZIP file so you can look inside and save the files back out.

On Windows this is *Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder* and *Extract All*. In PowerShell it is Compress-Archive and Expand-Archive. On a phone or a work computer where you cannot install WinRAR or 7-Zip, there is often no way to do it at all. This page does it with nothing installed — the packing and unpacking happen inside your browser, so no file is ever uploaded and there is no upload size limit.

What you can do with it

• Zip several files into one so you can email or upload them together
• Collect files from different folders — pick a few, then pick a few more; the list keeps growing
• Zip a whole folder and keep the folder structure inside the archive
• Open a ZIP someone sent you and see the file names, sizes and dates before you save anything
• Take one file out of a big ZIP without unpacking the rest
• Unzip on a phone or tablet, where there is often no built-in ZIP app
• Unzip on a locked-down work laptop where you cannot install software

Features

• Two tools in one — make a ZIP, or open a ZIP
• Drag and drop, or click to choose files — add as many as you like
• Add a whole folder with one button; sub-folders are kept
• Files from many folders in one ZIP — click again for each folder, nothing is replaced
• Two files with the same name? The second becomes report (2).pdf, so neither is lost
• Choose the compression from none (fastest) to maximum (smallest)
• See how much space you saved when the ZIP is built
• Browse inside a ZIP — name, size and date for every file
• Save one file, or all of them at once
• You name the ZIP — the box starts at archive-AppAndTools.zip and you can change or delete any part of it, including -AppAndTools
• Files you take *out* of a ZIP keep their original names, so nothing you extract is renamed
• 100% in your browser — no upload, no account, no watermark

Good to know

• Only .zip is supported. RAR and 7z use different formats and cannot be opened here.
• A password-protected ZIP can be listed, but the files inside cannot be read without the password.
• Very large archives are limited by your device memory, not by a server limit. On a phone, keep it to a few hundred megabytes.

How to use it

• To make a ZIP: stay on the Make a ZIP tab and drop your files in, or press Add files from another folder
• Need files from more than one folder? Just click again for each folder — the new files are added to the list. Or press Add a whole folder to take everything in one go
• Check the list and remove anything you do not want with the ×
• Name the ZIP. The box already says archive-AppAndTools.zip — replace it with whatever you want. If you leave off .zip it is added for you
• Press Create the ZIP, then Download ZIP
• To open a ZIP: switch to the Open a ZIP tab and drop your .zip file in
• Look at the list — every file inside is shown with its size and date
• Press Save next to any file to keep just that one, or press Prepare all files to get everything in one go