Unzip/zip a file inside Dropbox

[Nickolai T.]

Uploading the zipped file to dropbox and unzipping it inside would save a lot of time and traffic for users. Some of the web services already exist for that (like this one http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-way-to-decompress-a-zip-file-inside-Dropbox), but as they use their own server capacities, they cost money. Unzipping inside the dropbox may be an additional feature inside the dropbox itself. I would even pay for that a little xtra.

[Walter]

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[Darryl11]

It's there now, you can do it from web interface, unfortunately they only support files up to 512mb. 🙄 

OK.. but kinda missing the point. Need unzip on large files which is really the true need, as its easy to download and unzip a small file yourself.

But when its 9gb, its so much smoother if we can just unpack that on dropbox side then local sync the result instead of downloading 9gb zip, unzipping and re-uploading the result 

[Poyda]

Dont forget multifile zips too!! 

[Emma]

Good news, everyone - you can now zip and unzip files with Dropbox!

To zip your files on dropbox.com:

• Select the files you would like to zip
• Click the "..." menu at the top and select 'Zip'
• Enter a Zipped file name and ta-da!

To unzip a file:

• Open the file
• Go to the "..." menu and select 'Extract all'

You can also find the steps for desktop here.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you all for supporting this idea!

[Walter]

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