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    <title>topic Downloading a ZIP file with Dropbox in Dropbox tips &amp; tricks</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Downloading-a-ZIP-file-with-Dropbox/m-p/492894#M1100</link>
    <description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Space is important - on your computer, on your phone and in your workspace. That’s why ZIP files are so helpful &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-607653562878675096014871 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; saving disk space and sending large files and folders to other computers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="585028379158862777379592"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;What is a ZIP file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-376552142841478606358544 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;A ZIP is a file archive format. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ZIP files can be extremely useful if you’ve got a large group of files or even just one massive file that you need to share with your team. When a file or folder is zipped, its contents are &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-989879110640070552712556 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;made smaller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, with redundant data removed, so they use and require a lot less data to store and share. The process is called&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“lossless&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; data compression,” with lossless meaning that while the file size will be greatly reduced, the file itself won’t be affected.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="863772131625050654128187"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I ZIP a file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;That depends on your operating system. On Mac, you can then simply right-click or Ctrl-click that folder and select&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Compress&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Items.” The .zip file will be saved in the same location that the original folder is saved. For Microsoft users, just make sure all the files you’re compressing are in one folder, right-click that folder, and then find the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Send&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; To” option. In the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"Send&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; To” menu, you should see the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Compressed&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Folder” option. Click that, and your compressed file will be saved to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="551488860062940424202363"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Do I need to ZIP my files?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;It’s simple to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/share/send-large-files" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/share/send-large-files"&gt;share or email large files with Dropbox&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; so there is no need to compress all of your files. Upload the file to Dropbox, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Links-what-you-need-to-know/m-p/444287" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-960282203444485330481451 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-960282203444485330481451-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;create a shared link&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, and send that link via chat, email, or text to whomever you want. Anyone with the link can view or download the file you’ve shared, even if they don’t have a Dropbox account.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Sharing a link" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21791i26144F3F9908AFA4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Link.png" alt="Sharing a link" /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();"&gt;Sharing a link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="986279147299000101816779"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-396309624331586506574551 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-396309624331586506574551-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;Can I upload ZIP files to Dropbox?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Yes, you can upload ZIP &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-293235856629524934078090 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;files to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox. You can do this by either dragging and dropping the compressed file to Dropbox, uploading the file like you would any other, and even by moving or copying the file to the Dropbox desktop app.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="128862087245982143668233"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I unzip files or open RAR files stored in my Dropbox account?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;To unzip files in with Dr&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zr93ez87zz77zcaz80zz65z2w2z74zz79zxz74zpaz122zz77zz70zujuz87zy4z69zz75z"&gt;opbox&lt;/SPAN&gt;, download them from your Dropbox account to your desktop computer. Mac and Windows devices both have built-in file compression features, so when you open a ZIP file for the first time it will automatically uncompress—or unzip—your file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-03-22T17:27:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Downloading a ZIP file with Dropbox</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Downloading-a-ZIP-file-with-Dropbox/m-p/492894#M1100</link>
      <description>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Space is important - on your computer, on your phone and in your workspace. That’s why ZIP files are so helpful &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-607653562878675096014871 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;for&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; saving disk space and sending large files and folders to other computers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="585028379158862777379592"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;What is a ZIP file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-376552142841478606358544 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;A ZIP is a file archive format. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&amp;nbsp;ZIP files can be extremely useful if you’ve got a large group of files or even just one massive file that you need to share with your team. When a file or folder is zipped, its contents are &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-989879110640070552712556 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;made smaller&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, with redundant data removed, so they use and require a lot less data to store and share. The process is called&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“lossless&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; data compression,” with lossless meaning that while the file size will be greatly reduced, the file itself won’t be affected.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="863772131625050654128187"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I ZIP a file?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;That depends on your operating system. On Mac, you can then simply right-click or Ctrl-click that folder and select&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Compress&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Items.” The .zip file will be saved in the same location that the original folder is saved. For Microsoft users, just make sure all the files you’re compressing are in one folder, right-click that folder, and then find the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Send&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; To” option. In the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-quot"&gt;"Send&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; To” menu, you should see the&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z h-ldquo"&gt;“Compressed&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; Folder” option. Click that, and your compressed file will be saved to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="551488860062940424202363"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Do I need to ZIP my files?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;It’s simple to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;A class="attrlink" href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/share/send-large-files" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" data-target-href="https://www.dropbox.com/features/share/send-large-files"&gt;share or email large files with Dropbox&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt; so there is no need to compress all of your files. Upload the file to Dropbox, &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Links-what-you-need-to-know/m-p/444287" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-960282203444485330481451 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-960282203444485330481451-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;create a shared link&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;, and send that link via chat, email, or text to whomever you want. Anyone with the link can view or download the file you’ve shared, even if they don’t have a Dropbox account.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Sharing a link" style="width: 400px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21791i26144F3F9908AFA4/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;amp;px=400" role="button" title="Link.png" alt="Sharing a link" /&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();"&gt;Sharing a link&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="986279147299000101816779"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-396309624331586506574551 attrcomment attrcommentfirst thread-396309624331586506574551-first author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="comment-extra-inner-span"&gt;Can I upload ZIP files to Dropbox?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Yes, you can upload ZIP &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="thread-293235856629524934078090 author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;files to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;Dropbox. You can do this by either dragging and dropping the compressed file to Dropbox, uploading the file like you would any other, and even by moving or copying the file to the Dropbox desktop app.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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&lt;H2 data-usually-unique-id="128862087245982143668233"&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;How do I unzip files or open RAR files stored in my Dropbox account?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
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&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz66z28pz68zu5ycwz89zgz80zuz83z5z89zz86zbz72zz78zz75zz89zz90zz87zz66zz70zmuz75z"&gt;To unzip files in with Dr&lt;SPAN class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zr93ez87zz77zcaz80zz65z2w2z74zz79zxz74zpaz122zz77zz70zujuz87zy4z69zz75z"&gt;opbox&lt;/SPAN&gt;, download them from your Dropbox account to your desktop computer. Mac and Windows devices both have built-in file compression features, so when you open a ZIP file for the first time it will automatically uncompress—or unzip—your file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-tips-tricks/Downloading-a-ZIP-file-with-Dropbox/m-p/492894#M1100</guid>
      <dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-03-22T17:27:30Z</dc:date>
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