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ZIP

ZIP Archive

ZIP is the archive format every operating system opens without installing anything. Compression is weaker than 7z or modern RAR, but universal support beats ratio for anything you intend to send to someone else.

Extension: .zip
MIME type: application/zip

02 Convert something else to ZIP

RAR to ZIP Open the file Windows refuses to, without installing anything.
7Z to ZIP For the machine that does not have 7-Zip on it.
TAR to ZIP Unix archives, on a machine that is not Unix.

03 Related formats

Opening a .zip file

If you landed here because something handed you a .zip file and nothing on your machine will open it, converting it to a format you already have a reader for is usually faster than installing new software. Every conversion above runs in this browser — the file is not uploaded, so it works on a locked-down work machine and on a file you are not allowed to send anywhere.