8 Zip - best archiver

Out with the old, in with the new. The powerful archiver 8 Zip has expanded its set of capabilities with the new Continuum, Cortana and Windows Hello technologies.

Now one app, one license, a uniform design and functionality can be had on all types of devices. Decrypt files through an iris scan or at a touch. Listen to music, read documents, and watch videos right in the app. Share files with friends – it’s simple.

8 Zip is a cutting-edge archiver.

Distinctive features:

• High-speed archiving and unpacking. • Incorporation of Continuum technology. • Ability to decrypt archives using Windows Hello. • Play music and video, display images and text files directly in the app. • Send files by e-mail, post them on social networks, or share them on OneDrive and DropBox. • Select the compression level and password protection. • Print documents and images. • One purchase gives you a license that is valid for all of your Windows 10 device.

8 Zip knows over 38 languages.

The app has been downloaded more than 8,000,000 times

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Technical specifications:

• Create archives: zip, 7z, tar, gzip, bzip2, xz. • Open and extract archives: rar, zip, 7z, zipx, iso, bzip2, gzip, tar, arj, cab, cbz, cbr. • Built-in viewer and player. • View images: jpeg, png, bmp, gif, tiff. • Play music: mp3, wma, m4a, aac, wav, ac3. • Watch video: avi, 3gp, wmv, mp4, m4v, mov, mkv. • Open and view text documents: docx, doc, rtf, txt. • Support for the latest archive formats: RAR5 and 7z. • Various compression methods: Deflate, Deflate64, BZip, LZMA, PPMd. • Create password-protected archives: 256-bit AES encryption. • Ability to open encrypted files through Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport technology. • Support for decompressing multivolume archives: zip, rar, 7z. • Support for Drag&Drop technology. • Support for SD cards. • Ability to Extract with the application from the Windows Explorer's context menu.

Release notes: • It's become easier to create an archive. • Archive encryption is now enabled with one click only. • Dark and light theme support has been added. Redone all color palettes. • UI has been updated with Fluent design. • Added new hotkeys. • Now you can run multiple instances of the application. • Added the ability to open a viewer in a new window. It allows you to look through the images or listen to music without unpacking the archive. • 7-zip library updated. • The archive navigation has been improved. • SVG file support has been added to the built-in viewer.

06/26/2018 • Ability to Extract with the application from the Windows Explorer's context menu.

12/08/2017 • 7-Zip library was updated to version 16.04.

05/07/2017 • Creators Update support. • Extended Share contract feature, now you can easily: - send files from archive to the clipboard; - unpack compressed file simple by sending it to 8 Zip from any other app including Explorer; - unpack several archives at once; - compress files with Share from another app including Explorer; • Implemented auto update if you modified compressed document in external application. • Added option to turn on app window transparency (aka NEON). • Added compact overlay mode for image/audio/video viewer (aka Picture in picture). • Added equalizer to audio player.

04/14/2017 • The restoring of original time of files and folders during extraction was added.

10/21/2016 • Xbox One support. • Comic Book Archive support (.cbz, .cbr) • UI improvements. • New languages: Albanian, Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Serbian, Swedish.

6/18/2016 • Improved ability to select items in list for pen and mouse. Now you can do it using selection rectangle.

6/10/2016 • Integration with Cortana

04/16/2016 • Basic support of multitasking was added: packing and unpacking of small archives can be performed if app was minimized. • Progress bar is shown when archive is opening.

03/18/2016 8 Zip has become a completely universal UWP app and now works on any Windows 10 device: PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, Xbox One, Hololens, IoT devices. Support has been added for Continuum, Windows Hello, and Microsoft Passport technologies.

12/20/2014 8 Zip is Universal app from now. RAR5 support added. Recent archives list. New languages: Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Indonesian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Slovenian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Farsi, Hindi, Czech, Japanese.

09/13/2013 Advanced compression options Built-in viewer

05/16/2013 In app Language selection Translation fixes

05/05/2013 Slight interface improvements A lot of bug fixes New live tiles