Zip, protect, share and manage files anywhere with the world's #1 zip utility.
With just a click, open all major compression formats, including Zip, Zipx, RAR, 7z, TAR, GZIP, VHD, XZ and more.
Easily find, open, edit, move and share your files, whether they are on your computer, network or cloud service.
Easily encrypt files as you zip to secure information and data. Create read-only PDFs and add watermarks to deter copying.
Easily share large files by email, cloud services, social media and instant messaging. Quickly share links to your cloud files.
Easily find your most-used files and folders on your PC, network and clouds in Frequent Folders, which updates dynamically.
Use the super picker to to easily unzip locally or to the cloud.
WinZip Express lets you use popular WinZip features even when you're working in other applications. Use it with Explorer, Microsoft Office, your scanner (Pro only), your photos (Pro only) and Microsoft Outlook to zip, encrypt, share and more.* WinZip Express tools now support Office 2016.
Touch support puts the power of WinZip at your fingertips on any touch-enabled device or computer. WinZip is optimized for 2-in-1 computers, switching its layout automatically depending on whether you are using your system in tablet or notebook mode. Auto-hide scroll bars maximize display space on devices.
*WinZip Express is not compatible with Windows XP.
Easily find your most-used files and folders on your PC, network and clouds in Frequent Folders, which updates dynamically.
WinZip XP expands its sharing options, so you can share directly to YouTube, along with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Expanded instant message support means you can share via Twitter IM, and Office 365 groups, in addition to Google Talk/Google+ Hangouts, Yahoo! Messenger and Jabber. Combining WinZip's legendary compression and encryption with the ease of instant messaging gives you high-speed sharing without compromising security.
Quickly turn a photo or document into a share-ready image or PDF with the new WinZip Scan and Share feature. Start your scan right from WinZip. Then WinZip can zip it and save it locally, on the network or on a cloud service. Or share it by email, social media or instant message—encrypt if you wish to protect your scanned information when sharing. Easily share photos, documents, receipts and more. New support for flatbed scanners means you can scan multiple images into a single PDF without using a document feeder.
Pro and Enterprise only
Streamline photo sharing by quickly getting photos directly from your camera to share via WinZip.
Pro and Enterprise only
WinZip XP takes file management further with several new features available via the new WinZip File Management ribbon.
The Actions Pane now displays thumbnail previews of a selected file in your zip, on the computer or the network—and for any of your cloud services that support thumbnails. Click on the expand icon in the thumbnail to see a larger image in the new Preview Pane. Preview the contents of images and documents, rotate and resize images, save images as your computer background, and share the previewed file by email, IM or social media. (Requires Windows Explorer Preview technology). Now you can scroll through files in the Previewer with the flick of a finger on touch displays.
Pro and Enterprise only
Now your backups can include files from almost anywhere and now you can simply drag and drop them from Explorer or the WinZip File pane into the Job Wizard for backup. Combine files from your computer folders, the network and cloud services in one backup. Save the resulting zip to the cloud if you wish. Automate back up and distribution by creating a job that gathers files from various cloud services, zips them and distributes the zip via email according to your schedule.
Pro and Enterprise only
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| Compress/Decompress | WinZip Standard | WinZip Pro | Windows Compressed Folders |
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| Zip and unzip files instantly with 64-bit, best-in-class software | |||
| Open and extract Zipx, RAR, 7Z, LHA, BZ2, IMG, ISO and all other major compression file formats | |||
| New! Open more files types as a Zip, including DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, XPS, ODT, ODS, ODP, ODG,WMZ, WSZ, YFS, XPI, XAP, CRX, EPUB, and C4Z | |||
| Open CAB, Zip and Zip 2.0 Methods | |||
| Convert other major compressed file formats to Zip format | |||
| Apply 'Best Compression' method to maximize efficiency automatically based on file type | |||
| Reduce JPEG image files by 20 - 25% with no loss of photo quality or data integrity | |||
| Compress using BZip2, LZMA, PPMD and Enhanced Deflate methods | |||
| Compress using Zip 2.0 compatible methods | |||
| 'Auto Open' a zipped Microsoft Office file by simply double-clicking the Zip file icon | |||
| Employ advanced 'Unzip and Try' functionality to review interrelated components contained within a Zip file (such as an HTML page and its associated graphics). |
| Encrypt/Decrypt | WinZip Standard | WinZip Pro | Windows Compressed Folders |
| Apply encryption and conversion options, including PDF conversion, watermarking and photo resizing, before, during or after creating your zip | |||
| Apply separate conversion options to individual files in your zip | |||
| Take advantage of hardware support in certain Intel-based computers for even faster AES encryption | |||
| Administrative lockdown of encryption methods and password policies | |||
| Check 'Encrypt' to password protect your files using banking-level encryption and keep them completely secure | |||
| Secure sensitive data with strong, FIPS-197 certified AES encryption (128- and 256-bit) | |||
| Auto-wipe ('shred') temporarily extracted copies of encrypted files using the U.S. Department of Defense standard (DoD 5220.22-M) to prevent misuse | |||
| Establish your own password policy by defining complexity requirements | |||
| Encrypt and decrypt confidential files and email attachments |
| Manage | WinZip Standard | WinZip Pro | Windows Compressed Folders |
| Access all your files from your PC, network, Windows HomeGroup and supported cloud services via the Places list | Limited | ||
| New! Quickly access your frequently used local, network, and cloud folders in Frequent Folders | Requires special drivers for cloud | ||
| New! Create folders on your PC, network or cloud service from WinZip | Requires special drivers for cloud | ||
| New! Securely delete files and folders with the new Wipe feature | |||
| New! Restore accidentally deleted, copied, moved or renamed files | |||
| New! Open a file from the cloud in the correct application, or in an alternate application | |||
| New! Open and edit a file in the default application or an alternate one | |||
| New! View property info for files and folders | |||
| New! Map a folder or network location to a drive | Limited | ||
| New! Copy, move, delete and multi-file rename files | No multi-file rename | ||
| New! Copy a path to the clipboard | |||
| New! Copy a cloud link to the clipboard | |||
| New! View thumbnail previews of a selected file, whether it is in your zip, on your PC, network or cloud service (if the cloud service supports thumbnails) | Local or network only | ||
| New! Preview the contents of images and documents, rotate and resize images, save an image as a background and share previewed files by email, IM or social media | |||
| Includes WinZip Express for Explorer, Office and Photos built-in, and WinZip Express for Outlook as a free download | |||
| Maximize display space on devices with auto-hide scroll bars that disappear when not needed | |||
| Place a file in a zip without leaving a copy on your system with the Move option | |||
| Easily browse and find files in your zip with new Thumbnails | |||
| Customize WinZip more easily with redesigned configurable settings | |||
| Browse all your local, network and cloud files more easily in the Files Pane | |||
| See the right tools for the task with the dynamic, slide-in Actions pane, which changes to display different features depending on your choices | |||
| Easily change the interface to Manage mode when you want to quickly access file management features, and see details like file type, size and date | |||
| Use WinZip on any touch-enabled device or computer | |||
| Use WinZip on new 2-in-1 computers. The display automatically adjusts when you switch between tablet and laptop modes | |||
| Rotate, Resize and View full-size images directly from within a Zip file | |||
| Temporarily extract Zip files using the 'Unzip and Try' feature and delete any files you do not need | |||
| Extract to selectable folder location or current folder location | |||
| Zip only the files you want using Include and Exclude filters | |||
| Use WinZip's Explorer View to display image thumbnails for easy browsing |
| Package & Share | WinZip Standard | WinZip Pro | Windows Compressed Folders |
| New! Share to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn | |||
| New! Scan and share images and documents directly from WinZip | |||
| New! Share photos directly from your camera with Snap and Share | |||
| Choose a file from your computer, cloud service or a zip, then choose to share by email, social media or IM, and WinZip does the rest with SmartShare | |||
| Easily share links by Skype and other services with automatic links that are available to paste from the Clipboard | |||
| Share an unzipped image directly from the File Viewer to social media sites | |||
| Use direct access to cloud services, including Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, CloudMe, SugarSync and now MediaFire to open zip files saved in the cloud, zip files before you upload or select files from the cloud to zip and share | |||
| Access and manage files in the cloud easily with streamlined cloud navigation, and new options to download, share, move, rename, unzip and delete files or folders. | |||
| Send links to your cloud files by email, instant messaging and social media with Cloud Links | |||
| ENHANCED! Share zipped files via instant messaging services, including Office 365 Groups, Twitter, Google Talk/Google+ Hangouts, Yahoo! Messenger and Jabber | |||
| Directly access the new ZipShare file sharing services from WinZip to connect to your cloud accounts and easily share compressed files by email and social media | |||
| Convert documents to PDF, including read-only PDFs, using WinZip’s built in PDF conversion tool | |||
| Convert images to more convenient sharing sizes automatically when adding them to a Zip file so your high-resolution photos send faster and fit standard computer screens* | |||
| Add custom watermarks to images and PDFs to deter unauthorized copying, add traceability and protect intellectual property. Adjust the transparency and add date/time stamping if desired. | |||
| Zip and email files using the most popular email and webmail systems (WinZip comes configured to work with Microsoft Outlook, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail) or configure WinZip to support additional email services beyond the preset selections | |||
| Create self-extracting archives (.exe files) to send to people that may not own WinZip using the built-in 'Self-Extractor Personal Edition' |
| Backup & Automate | WinZip Standard | WinZip Pro | Windows Compressed Folders |
| New! Use the Job Wizard Super Picker to combine files from your computer, network and cloud services in a single backup. Save the resulting Zip to the cloud. | |||
| Skip steps when defaults and settings do not require changes with automatic backup creation and editing | |||
| Backup your documents, email, desktop, favorites, pictures, libraries, etc. with just a click, using one of the predefined backups on the 'Backup' tab | |||
| Create custom backups for selected files or folders or define custom WinZip jobs to automate routine zipping tasks | |||
| Backup photos directly from your digital camera | |||
| Burn backups directly to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc (automatically split them over multiple discs if necessary) | |||
| Email backups automatically from virtually any of your email addresses or upload backups to an off-site server using WinZip’s internal FTP client | |||
| Backup to any connected cloud account, desktop folder or between cloud accounts | |||
| Send notifications by social media and instant messaging when automated jobs have completed using the updated Job Wizard | |||
| Use the 'WinZip Command Line Support Add-On' for scripting (free add-on) | |||
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