Online ZIP converter
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With our online tool, transforming files or archives into the zip format is both straightforward and free of charge.
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Step 1
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Step 2
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Choose zip or any other of the 200+ supported formats that you wish to convert to.
Step 3
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Please wait for the conversion to be completed, then click on the download button to get your converted file in the zip format.
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Just drag and drop your zip files onto the webpage, and you'll have the capability to convert them over 250 different file formats, all without the need to register, provide an email address, or include a watermark.
Immediately upon uploading your zip files, we delete them without delay. Converted files are then removed after 24 hours. Additionally, we ensure that all file transfers are secure through advanced SSL encryption.
There's no need to go through the inconvenience of installing any software. We conveniently handle all zip to {format2} conversions in the cloud, which implies that none of your computer's resources will be consumed in the process.
ZIP compression
| Extension | .zip |
| Category | 🔵 archives |
| Programs | 🔵 StuffIt 🔵 WinRAR 🔵 Winzip |
| Description | 🔵 The ZIP format is probably the most used way to deal with files that need to be sent or archived. Main point here is that it uses lossless compression — it makes the file smaller, but you don't lose any actual data when open it later. A single ZIP file can hold anything: one file, a huge pile of documents, maybe even whole folders. Most of the time, the compression happens using DEFLATE. ZIP makes everything tiny and bundles multiple things into a single, clean file, which is just easier for sharing online or keeping storage tidy. |
| Technical details | 🔵 So, for the technical stuff. ZIP is the standard archiving format, and here’s what you should know: - Compression: Deflate is the standard, but it can actually handle other types too, like BZIP2. - Capacity: It holds lots of files and folders perfectly, keeping the original file paths and setup. - Lossless: This is key. The data comes out exactly as it went in. - Old Limits: Older ZIP versions had weird limits, like a 4 GB size maximum. But they created the ZIP64 extension, and that basically fixed all those capacity issues. - Security: Yeah, you can set a password and encrypt the contents. It uses things like AES-256 for better security. - Compatibility: This is huge. It works everywhere—almost every operating system and software recognizes it immediately. - Metadata: It even saves timestamps and file permissions. - Splitting: If a file is too big, it may be splitet into multiple pieces (they use extensions like .z01 then). Basically, ZIP is popular because it squishes files effectively, organizes big groups of data, and every computer can open it. |
| Developer | 🔵 PKWARE |
| MIME type | 🔵 application/zip 🔵 application/x-zip 🔵 application/x-zip-compressed 🔵 application/octet-stream 🔵 application/x-compress 🔵 application/x-compressed 🔵 multipart/x-zip |