There may be other options, but this solution was built from the ground up to be comprehensive and handle all the various zip interactions. Tru Copy and Paste is a great tool to fill the vaccum created by SharePoint in handling zip files and compressed files in on premise and Office 365. The App will only detect zip files in the folder you are currently in. You can also add files to an existing zip file, by selecting the zip files Tru Copy and Paste detected. Once you paste, it will download a local copy as you can see in the image below. If you wish to download some files or folders in SharePoint locally as a compressed zip, you can do that using the 'Download as Zip' option on the Paste Page. If you want to add those files to an existing zip file, the drop down will show existing zip files in that folder that you can select.Ĭlick Paste and you will see a new zip file get created. This will then provide you with a field to specify the name of the zip file. Make sure you check the 'Save as Zip' option. Go to the destination libarary or folder that you wish to place the zipped file / archive into, then click Paste from the Ribbon. To zip files directly in a SharePoint library, select the files you wish to zip, then click on Copy in the Ribbon.

Īfter clicking 'Extract', the new folder is created with the files uncompressed. You can extract the files by specifying the folder name you wish to extract the files to. Unzip Files and Folders Directly in SharePoint Library This will show the contents of the zip file. by the zip file you wish to view and click on. Here's how Tru Copy paste can help end users see inside a zip file directly in SharePoint.ġ. Here are some common things you might want to do in SharePoint and zip files. It also allows users to select files from SharePoint and download them as zip. We developed an App Called Tru Copy Paste that allows users to view, zip and unzip files as they please right inside a SharePoint library. There are various solutions that could help with this issue. We have to first wait for large zip files to download, open them locally do what we need and re-upload them. It is hard to compress, unzip, and view zip files. Zip files stored in SharePoint don't allow any of this old behavior. We were able to unzip / uncompress our files quickly when we needed to. We have grown accustomed to zipping files as we please and viewing what's inside our zip files with no more than a double click. SharePoint (on premise and Office 365) took over our local files, we all know this, and with it, took away the cherished relationship we had with our zip applications like WinZip, WinRAR and the inbuilt Windows Compressed Folder tools. SharePoint and Zip Files in Office 365: Do they get a long?

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