What's the best file compression tool out there? According to a recent Lifehacker poll, it's not even close: 7-Zip blew away a crowded field to take home a majority of the votes. Though 7-Zip only ...

When people talk about file compression, they usually mean ZIP. In fact, they often make it into a verb–much like we “Google” things on the Internet, we “zip” files before sending them over email. But ...

You can compress and decompress .zip format archive files using Windows’ own built-in capabilities, but that’s limited. Or you can use a commercial program like ...

7-Zip is free and offers some neat features, achieving an impressive compression ratio – although it could perform better in terms of compression speeds. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours ...

There was a time that Windows didn't have decompression and archiving tools built into the OS, with many people resorting to ...

Earlier this year, we reported on Microsoft expanding its compression support in Windows 11 to include native RAR, 7-Zip, and other file formats that aren't your basic ZIP files. For those that have ...

7-Zip is a popular, powerful, and versatile file archive utility that you can use to compress or decompress files and folders. The free and open source software is something of a Swiss Army Knife ...

The developers of the 7-Zip compression tool released version 24.09 to address a significant security issue known as CVE-2025-0411. This vulnerability impacts Windows' Network Marking (MotW) feature ...