Occasionally, you'll need to open several compressed files from one ZIP folder. While Windows does a fine job extracting, there are better tools to unzip.

When you "zip" a file, you'll compress its data and reduce how much space it takes up on your computer or phone.

How to create a .tar.gz file on Windows Download and install 7-Zip on your Windows computer. Select the files you want to include in the .tar.gz file.

To make a ZIP file in Windows, right-click the files and/or folders that should be in the archive and then choose Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder. In Windows 11, you'll need to select Show ...

Do you want to add files to an existing ZIP file in Windows 11/10 without extracting and re-zipping everything? Follow this easy guide.

Zipping files continues to be the best way to archive, compress, or send documents over the internet. In this guide, we'll show you the easy steps to zip and unzip files on Windows 11.