Regardless of the option you used and your operating system, Windows opens the “Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders” window. How to unzip files on Windows 10 with the Extract all button In Windows 10, you can find the Extract all button in File Explorer’s “Compressed Folder Tools” tab after selecting or opening the ZIP file. How to unzip files on Windows 11 with the Extract all button If you can’t see it at the top of the window, first access the See more (. In Windows 11, click or tap on the Extract all button. You can also select or open the ZIP file (as shown in the previous chapter) and use the tools File Explorer offers in its top menu. How to unzip files on Windows from their context menu First, open File Explorer to find the ZIP file, right-click or press-and-hold on it, and in the subsequent contextual menu, click or tap on Extract All. If you want to extract all the files and folders from a ZIP file, the process is simple in both Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Continue reading to learn how to unzip a file on Windows 10 and Windows 11.Īdvertisement How to unzip files on Windows While you can freely open any file inside, you can’t save any changes you make to it unless you unzip the file first. Find the compressed file you need and double-click or double-tap it to open the folder and check out the files inside. If you’re working with a large ZIP file that holds a significant number of files, or if you want to check whether you got the right archive, it’s easy to see its contents. Before you unzip a file, see what’s inside For those file types, we recommend installing 7-Zip and using it to extract what you need. The steps in this guide only work for ZIP files, not for other archives like RAR or 7z. To learn more about ZIP files, read our guide on how to create a ZIP file on Windows.
TIP: This tutorial explains how to unzip a file on Windows 11 and Windows 10 and extract its contents.
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