We show you how to open & view ZIP files on iPhone or Android Mobile. You can use built-in feature or apps like Google Files or iZip.

You no longer need third-party apps if you want to open zip files on iOS. Rar files? That's another story.

You can't create zip files on your iPad, but opening zip files is easy to do. Here's how to open zip files on an iPad and extract their contents.

So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware utilities like 7-Zip, you may encounter an error, saying Cannot open file as archive. Let us see what you can do about it.

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 ...

At the top, you will find three main options—Add, Convert, and Extract. Selecting the Add option allows you to archive files, ...

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files.