What Is a ZIP File?

A ZIP file is a compressed archive file. Double-click to open one in Windows or macOS, or use 7-Zip. This article describes what ZIP files are and why they're used in some situations. We'll also look at how to open one to see its contents, and how to convert the files inside to a different format, or convert the ZIP itself to another archive format like TAR.GZ or RAR.


What Is a ZIP File?

A file with the ZIP file extension is a ZIP compressed file and is the most widely used archive format you'll run into. Like other archive file formats, this one is simply a collection of one or more files and/or folders, but is compressed into a single file for easy transportation and compression.

The most common use for ZIP files is for software downloads. Zipping a software program saves storage space on the server, decreases the time it takes for you to download it to your computer, and keeps the hundreds or thousands of files nicely organized in a single file.

Another example can be seen when downloading or sharing dozens of photos. Instead of sending each image individually over email or saving each image one by one from a website, the sender can put the files in a ZIP archive so that only one file needs to be transferred.

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How to Open a ZIP File?

The easiest way to open a ZIP file is to double-click it and let your computer show you the folders and files contained inside. In most operating systems, including Windows and macOS, ZIP files are handled internally, without the need for any extra software.

However, there are many compression/decompression tools that can be used to open (and create!) ZIP files. There's a reason they're commonly referred to as zip/unzip tools!

Including Windows, just about all programs that unzip ZIP files also have the ability to zip them; in other words, they can compress one or more files into the ZIP format. Some can also encrypt and password protect them. If we had to recommend one or two, it'd be PeaZip and 7-Zip, both excellent and completely free programs that support the ZIP format.

If you'd rather not use a program to open the archive, lots of online services support the format, too. Services like Files2Zip.com, B1 Online Archiver, and ezyZip let you simply upload your ZIP file to see everything inside, and then you can download one or more of the files individually.

We recommend using an online ZIP opener only if the file is on the small side. Uploading a large archive file and managing it online will probably take you more time and energy than just downloading and installing an offline tool like 7-Zip.

You can also open one on most mobile devices. iOS users can install iZip for free, and Android users should be able to work with ZIP files via B1 Archiver or 7Zipper.


How to Convert a ZIP File?

Files can only be converted to something of a similar format. For example, you can't convert a JPG image into an MP4 video, any more than you can convert a ZIP file to PDF or MP3.

If this is confusing, remember that ZIP files are just containers that hold compressed versions of the actual file(s) you're after. So if there are files inside a ZIP file that you want to convert—like for a PDF to DOCX or MP3 to AC3—you must first extract the files using one of the methods described in the section above, and then convert those extracted files with a file converter.

With that said, converting between archive formats is fair game (see below), just like how you can convert between image formats. So, if you want to convert ZIP to 7Z or TAR.GZ, you just need to find a converter that supports those formats.

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Since ZIP is an archive format, you can easily convert one to RAR, 7Z, ISO, TGZ, TAR, or any other compressed file, in two ways, depending on size:

If it's small, we highly recommend using ConvertFiles or Online-Convert.com. These work just like the online ZIP openers already described, which means you'll need to upload the file to the website before it can be converted.

To convert larger ZIP files that would take much longer to upload to a website, use Zip2ISO to for conversion to ISO, or IZarc to convert it to lots of different archive formats.

If none of those methods work, try one of these Free File Converters for Occasionally Used Formats to convert the file to another file format. The one we particularly like is Zamzar, which can convert to 7Z, TAR.BZ2, YZ1, and other archive formats.


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