How to easily zip and unzip any file on your Chromebook, to keep your files small and organized

• To unzip files on a Chromebook, you'll need to find the .Zip file using the "Files" app.
• You can use this same app to zip files on your Chromebook as well.
• Once you've unzipped a file on your Chromebook, you can copy and paste its contents to any other folder on the computer.

Zipping files is helpful for sending and storing documents — and it's easy to do so on your Chromebook.

And once you've zipped a file or received one that's been zipped by someone else, unzipping it only takes a few clicks.

Here's how to do both.

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How to zip files on your Chromebook

1. Open the Files app on your Chromebook. It's the icon that looks like a blue circle with a white folder inside of it in your bottom taskbar.

2. In Files, find the document or folder that you want to zip and right-click.

• You can also select multiple documents by holding the Shift key on your keyboard while you click the files. A blue check mark will appear next to each selected file.

3. Right-click the selected files, and then click "Zip selection."

4. A zip file will appear directly above your selection.

5. Click the file to view its content. You can also right-click it to rename it.

How to unzip files on your Chromebook

To unzip files, you'll have to copy and paste the desired files to their new location on your Chromebook.

1. Click the zipped file to open it.

2. Select the file (or files using the Shift key) that you'd like to unzip.

3. Right-click and select "Copy" to copy the document or documents, or press Ctrl + C on your keyboard.

4. Right-click again, or use the Ctrl + P on your keyboard, to paste your file in its new folder. A pop-up will appear confirming that the file was successfully pasted.

5. You can also simply click and drag files to another location to extract them from the zipped file. For example, click and drag the file into "Downloads" or another folder in the left-hand menu.

6. Once you're done, click the eject button next to "Archive.zip" in the left hand menu to complete the process.

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