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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
Dropbox Staff
Status changed:DeliveredtoClosed - Emma
Community Manager
Status changed:InvestigatingtoDeliveredGood 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!
Dont forget multifile zips too!!
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
Can’t do it today - tells me to do it on a desktop - Not a Solution. Clients sending their files as zip and our team is working on mobile iOS. Need a solution to that ASAP. Waiting for it since years.
Please, Dropbox team, we REALLY need this!
+1
+1 to this one, I work on CGI projects and being able to compress a completed project with thousandth of image files would be great.
I think Dropbox should support more than the few very general file extensions. I'm having issues at the moment with a Zip file. It's I think trying to make me unpack and then individually add them which is kinda sneaky do to the fact plans are based on amount of space purchased our available. So allowing the whole Zip folder not unpacked would be obviously a positive to reduce amount of space taken up with additional folder to individual files.
RossAtDropboxThis is a great idea and one that is now being considered (status just changed to "In Review") for development in least some versions of the web experience.
This idea from the Community popped up as one that has never made the product priority list (too much basic functionality still needs to be addressed) but seemed doable with a reasonable amount of effort. At a recent HackWeek, where employees get to work on anything they are passionate about, several members of the team got together to build this and some related features. We got a basic (hacky) version running and are now evaluating if we can get it in shipable shape. Lots of issues to resolve in terms of reliability, scalability, and security but we're trying. 🤞
Thanks for the suggestion and upvotes! Keep 'em coming.
- Ross C
Dropbox Surfaces Team
