ZIP on iPhone: How to open, create and further work with it

9. 7. 2021

When you need to email a large file or want to create an archive, a ZIP file can save you space. A compressed archive is smaller and therefore takes up less storage space and will be sent faster. Learn how to compress, decompress, and work with ZIP files on iPhone and iPad.

ZIP is a popular, widely used file format for data compression and archiving. A ZIP file created by compression contains one or more compressed files, which will ultimately help reduce the size of the stored data. The format was created by Phil Katz for the PKZIP program, but many other programs work with it today. More modern formats achieve significantly better compression results and offer a number of advanced features (such as multi-volume archives) that ZIP does not offer.

In the late 2002s, several file managers began to integrate support for the ZIP format into their own interface. As the first Norton Commander under DOS, he started the trend of integrated work with archives. Other file managers and integrations into desktop operating systems followed. Since XNUMX, all extended desktops include support for a ZIP file, which is represented as a directory (folder), and allows files to be transferred using a similar logic.

How to work with ZIP files on iPhone

How to create a ZIP file on iPhone

Open the Files app and choose a location, such as In iPhone or iCloud Drive.
Tap the More button (wheel icon with three dots) and then tap Select. Select one or more files.
Click the More button at the bottom right again and then click Compress.
If you selected one file, a ZIP file with the same name will be saved in this folder. If you selected multiple files, a ZIP file called Archive.zip will be saved in this folder. To rename a ZIP file, press and hold its name and select Rename.

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How to open a ZIP file on iPhone

Open the Files app and locate the ZIP file you want to extract.
Click on the ZIP file.
A folder containing the extracted files will be created. To rename a folder, press and hold it, then tap Rename.
Click to open the folder.

How to work with ZIP files on iPad

How to create a ZIP file on iPad

Open the Files app and choose a location, such as In iPhone or iCloud Drive.
Click Select and select one or more files.
Tap More, then tap Compress.

How to open a ZIP file on iPad

Open the Files app and locate the ZIP file you want to extract.
Click on the ZIP file.
A folder containing the extracted files will be created. To rename a folder, press and hold it, then tap Rename.

If you were wondering, the Files application can decompress .ar, .bz2, .cpio, .rar, .tar, .tgz or even .zip files. However, if you want to share more large files, you might find it useful to share folders on iCloud Drive rather than sending them via email, etc.

Topics: AR, iCloud, storage, Email, program, function, iPhone, Application

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