This guide details the steps required to zip and unzip files on Windows 10 without using any third-party software.

ZIP files hold several compressed files inside, reducing how much space they take on your hard drive. They need to be unzipped to use the files, though. Here's how to do it.

You can both zip and unzip files in Windows 10 by highlighting the files you want and right-clicking them.

In the past, you needed third-party programs like WinZip to unzip files in Windows. But Windows 10 lets you zip and unzip any file you want just by right-clicking.

How to Zip and Unzip files using PowerShell in Windows 11/10 Using PowerShell to zip or unzip files requires some technical knowledge, but it doesn’t necessarily require advanced knowledge.

It supports WIM files, RAR5 archives, UEFI BIOS files, ext2/ ext3/ ext4 images, GPT, VMDK, VDI images, and single file QCOW2. How to open RAR files in Windows 11/10 Download and install 7-Zip.