More and more users are using the phone as a way to manage files while away from the computer, even as the main file manager. That is why it is normal that we want to compress a folder or several files into a .zip, .rar or .7z file. So we show you how to create a .zip file on Android.
We will have to download a program from the Play Store, we can use the one we want, but we will use ZArchiver.
How to create a zip file with ZArchiver
The first thing we will have to do is navigate through the program's file explorer until we are in the folder where the files we want to compress are located. Once the folder is found, we will click on the "+" button. There we will create a name for our file and select the format, it may come 7z, if we want we can change it to zip. We recommend not to change it to tar, since its function is different.
If we want to modify the location where the file will be saved, we will have to click on the button with the three dots next to the name. There we can open the file explorer and select the destination of the final file. In case of not modifying it, it will be saved in the folder where we are located to do the compression.
We press "OK" and select the files we want.
Once selected, we press the «tick» button and accept. It does not have to be several files, it can also be a folder to make it easier to send it. It will automatically start to compress. If you are compressing many files or a large folder it will take a while, in case it is little, in just a few seconds you will have it.
To see the folder we recommend that you do it from your file manager. You go to the location you need and look for the file. There you can share it from the app you want, be it email, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc. Make sure you know the limits of space allowed to send for each application to ensure that your file can be sent.
You can use the same application to open or unzip a zip file on your Android, although you can also manage it from the system itself, it is more convenient to do it this way.
And that's how easy it is to compress a zip file with Android. As we have said, you can use the app that you like the most, the operation will be different, but it will not differ much from this, so more or less it is to adapt these steps to the application in question.
