WinZip versions

v76.8 [Jul 24, 2024]
With the new simplified navigation ribbon, users can now easily toggle between a simplified and advanced interface, tailoring the WinZip experience to individual needs. The simplified ribbon grants quick access to commonly used features, maintaining a clean and clutter-free UI, while the advanced ribbon ensures access to the full suite of WinZip features, providing familiarity, and flexibility.

v28.0 [Sep 12, 2023]
Users can now easily navigate to favorite topics with the new home screen, which can be accessed from the ribbon.
Options included
Find information on newly added product features.
Explore a range of productivity tools that go beyond compression.
Access our ideas portal to submit and vote on product ideas.
Gain access to an online self-serve knowledge base.
WinZip users now gain access to WinZip Courier, which seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Office, Outlook, and webmail, such as Gmail. Detailed information about WinZip Courier can be conveniently found on the home screen under the Highlights and All Apps sections.
Users can now scan zipped files for viruses or malware before unzipping them.
Users can now schedule backups of folders directly from Windows with a simple right-click.
File-sharing emails sent from SafeShare have been redesigned for a modern look and feel. The following information is displayed within the emails:
Expiry date of shared file links.

v27.0 [Aug 24, 2022]
- SafeShare: With new WinZip SafeShare you can select files and/or folders, choose to encrypt them, select whether to directly email the zip file or share a download link to it - all in one process.
- Duplicate File finder: Use the new Duplicate File finder to eliminate files you have placed in more than one location.
- PDF Express: WinZip PDF Express has been upgraded to make it even easier to work with PDF files.
- Image Share: WinZip Image Share has also been updated, providing you with an even better experience working with you various photo files.

v26.0 [Aug 30, 2021]
- Interface overhaul - Items have been moved, renamed, and made cleaner for your convenience.
- New Applets - New applets for working with PDF files, photos, and backups plus the means to update these without a new install.
- Convert from a PDF to other file types - WinZip Pro users can convert PDF files to other docs and/or graphic files.
- New Cloud offered for your NAS drive - If you have a NAS drive that provides a personal cloud service; WinZip can now be configured to use that.

v25.0 [Nov 21, 2013]
What's New New in WinZip 25.0:
- Teams Support:
- Access files in Teams Channel FUes.
- Share files via Teams Channel Instant Messaging.
- Add Images to Teams Backgrounds.
- New Background Cleaning Tools:
- Organize images in folders by year and month.
- Ftrtd duplicate files and delete move, or zip them.
- Revies/and take action on past cleaner notifications.
- Enhanced PDF features (Pro Only):
- Sign PDF files for added security.
- Combined fUes converted to PDF fUes into a single PDF fUe.
- New Compression Features:
- Smaller.Zipx files v/hen zipping duplicate files.
- Refresh Zip fUe feature in Windov/s Explorer.
- Support for 'Files Share to Me' in OneDrive and Google Drive.
- Improved Scrollbar access and resizeable panes.

v24.0 [Sep 10, 2019]
- NEW! Search Files faster: Stop searching for files in all the wrong places. Use WinZip’s new built-in search feature to quickly track down files stored locally, on your network, or in your cloud storage, even when you don’t remember where you put them.
- NEW! Combine Multiple PDF files into One PDF: Use WinZip Pro or Enterprise to combine your PDFs. You can convert multiple PDF files into a single PDF file to save, zip, or share. You can even organize the order of pages in your PDF, then combine and protect them with WinZip’s PDF security features.
- NEW! Experience better Zipx Compression: WinZip adds the ZSTD compression method to Zipx. With ZSTD, WinZip can compress and decompress many file types faster, while achieving compression rates better than DEFLATE and DEFLATE64 compression methods.
- NEW! Pin Favorites in the Files Pane: Pin and access favorite files and folders in WinZip’s Files Pane. The Files Pane is already a convenient way to manage, zip and unzip your files. Now you can pin your favorite local, network, and cloud-based files to the Quick Access section and access them with the click of a button.
- NEW! Shell Extensions supported in the Files Pane: Perform shell extension operations right from the Files Pane. Getting better Explorer functionality is as simple as adding Shell Extensions to the Explorer context menu. Now that WinZip’s Files Pane supports these extensions, you no longer need to leave it to perform operations previously only available in Explorer.
- NEW! Create Backup Jobs from Explorer: Use WinZip Pro or Enterprise to create Backup jobs from the Explorer context menu. Just select files in Windows Explorer, select Create a WinZip Job, and choose when and how often your job runs. WinZip will walk you through Zipping and storing selected files, optional notifications, and sharing features.
- ENHANCED! Manage file clutter more efficiently: Set a schedule for WinZip’s Cleaner Tools to find computer, network, or cloud storage files you haven’t used in a while. Then decide if you want to delete, zip, or relocate them. You can even use the new Ignore option to prevent files you don’t want to clean from being flagged. And WinZip Pro and Enterprise users can create custom, filter-based cleaners.
- ENHANCED! Get improved Zip File Performance with Direct Access: Use WinZip’s Direct Access to bump up cloud-stored Zip file performance by downloading only parts of a file as you need them. The larger the Zip file, the better performance you’ll experience. Direct Access even downloads extra Zip file parts in the background and keeps them ready while you’re choosing files to unzip or view.
- ENHANCED! Switch Easily between Zip and Zipx: You can now use a simple Ribbon toggle to switch between creating a Zip or Zipx file. And when you’re ready to save, you can choose between saving your file as Zip or Zipx.
- ENHANCED! Enjoy Extended Enterprise cloud support: WinZip Enterprise users will enjoy expanded Enterprise cloud services. With better control and a better fit for your business in mind, WinZip’s supported cloud services have expanded to include OpenStack and SwiftStack regions and credential files, Alibaba, Wasabi, HP, Oracle, Azure, WebDAV, CenturyLink, IONOS and OVH cloud providers.

v23.0 [Oct 25, 2018]
- NEW! Set Expiration Dates for Files and Folders: Don’t let old files clutter your storage. Now your local and network files and folders, including Zip files can be scheduled for deletion. From “Expire Files”, pick the files and folders you want to schedule, specify the number of days before expiration, and click “Schedule”. WinZip will remove them for you upon expiration. Scheduling cloud files and folders for deletion requires either WinZip Pro or Enterprise.
- NEW! Option to view password entry: Now you can instantly unzip any Zip file in Explorer, or from the WinZip Files Pane, the WinZip Ribbon or File menu. Easily unzip files to the folder that it originated from, your Documents folder, or a folder that you choose!
- NEW! Drag and Drop ‘Add to Zip’ in WinZip’s Files Pane: Easily add files to Zip files displayed in WinZip’s Files pane. Simply drag and drop your files onto a Zip file in the WinZip Files pane and it gets added- just like that!
- NEW! Remove additional EXIF data from files: Stop sharing personal information accidentally. Remove hidden personal data (EXIF) from files before they are shared. Use WinZip to secure any of the following file types to ensure they do not contain hidden personal data: DOC/DOCX, GIF, JPG (JPEG), PDF, PNG, PSD, PPT/PPTX, and XLS/XLSX.
- NEW! View Date taken and Date Modified: Sort your pictures by date taken. When previewing images, you can now view them by date taken or date modified. This helps you distinguish between the date the files were copied and the date the photo was taken.
- NEW! Rename multiple files at once: Don’t rename your files one-by-one. Use WinZip’s “Group Rename” to rename a group of files in a single action.
- NEW! Direct Access Technology for faster display and unzipping: WinZip’s Direct Access Technology provides a noticeable reduction in time to display and unzip large Zip files stored in the cloud.
- NEW! Automate WinZip Express: Name and save your favorite WinZip Express settings and reuse them at a later time. Reuse the settings as often as you wish without having to remember which settings you previously used. WinZip Pro and Enterprise users can also schedule WinZip Express to run automatically using saved settings.
- NEW! Share using Windows Charms: Extend WinZip’s sharing capabilities for Email, Social Media, and Instant Messaging to include using Windows Charms feature. (Windows built-in sharing services).
- NEW! Shorten shared URLs: Don’t let text wrapping in messages break your shared file links. Using the ZipShare service, WinZip can automate the process to optionally shorten URLs to shared files before WinZip inserts the URL into an Instant Message, Social Media message, or Email message.
- NEW! Slide to Hide Files and Action Panes: Tablet and Notebooks users, see more information in the Zip pane. With the new ability to slide the Files pane and Actions pane out of the way, more information can be displayed in the Zip pane.
- ENHANCED! Schedule File and Folder Clean Up using Background Tools: Set your own schedule and execution for WinZip’s background tools. Let them work on your system when you aren’t.
- ENHANCED! Manage Files with WinZip’s built-in File Management: WinZip’s File Management features are now easier to understand and more effective. Now, when you are in WinZip’s File Management, the Ribbon buttons and Actions pane buttons focus on file/folder operations.
- ENHANCED! Get a link to My Cloud File: A convenient way to share files stored in the cloud - when "Save link in the clipboard" checkbox is checked in the Save to Cloud dialog, a link to the uploaded (saved) file is placed on the Clipboard. The link can then be pasted into other apps, such as Skype or Word.

v22.5 [Apr 25, 2018]
- NEW. Prompt to unzip on open: Now you can instantly unzip any Zip file in Explorer, or from the WinZip Files Pane, the WinZip Ribbon or File menu. Easily unzip files to the folder that it originated from, your Documents folder, or a folder that you choose.
- NEW. Unzip to file pane folder: With a single click of a button, you can unzip any file to the selected folder in the Files Pane.
- NEW. Faster start-up performance: Now you can strictly focus on the task at hand and not on whether the WinZip application has launched because WinZip now takes half the time to start up. Work faster and eliminate the risk of launching multiple WinZip windows.
- NEW. Image Format Conversion: Quickly and easily reduce image file size and convert images from one format to another, for example, from jpg to png. Add to a Zip file or save to your desktop for multi-use.
- NEW. Remove personal data from files: Easily remove personal data (EXIF) from various files so that when they are shared, your information is not included. Secure any of the following file types to ensure they do not contain additional data that, while not typically visible, may be personal: DOC/DOCX, GIF, JPG (JPEG), PDF, PNG, PSD, PPT/PPTX, and XLS/XLSX.
- NEW. POSIX TAR support: You can now open and unzip POSIX TAR files in the updated compression format.
- NEW. WinZip Express copy to clipboard: WinZip Express enables you to share files in many ways, now including the clipboard. Easily place a cloud link for any file onto the clipboard where it may be pasted into other apps for sharing.
- NEW. Address Book options: You can now send a message via WinZip emailer to a one-time recipient and not add it to your contacts list. There is also a new option to never add recipients that are manually entered. This is particularly useful during a job search or any repetitive activity whereby a message is sent to a receiver you will likely never communicate with a second time.
- NEW. Enterprise-Wide Password Protection: Enterprises can recover encrypted files left by past employees or during forensic audits, quickly and easily, to avoid significant downtime.
- NEW. Hide Enterprise Ribbon Buttons: In the enterprise version of WinZip, buttons for disabled features will no longer be shown and therefore cannot be clicked on. No more confusion around what is and isn’t available, sparing needless cycles and erroneous admin tickets.
- NEW. Slack Support: Now Enterprise users can enjoy WinZip's file sharing features using their Slack enterprise solution. Share files and zip files via Slack IM and choose contacts from within Slack's Contacts; streamlining workflow and eliminating unnecessary steps.
- NEW. UI Configuration: Now Enterprise users largely interested in compression functionality may tap into the Classic interface, which hides the files and actions pane and displays only the ribbon. This can be facilitated upon initial set up and users may later change settings if they prefer to use features beyond compression.
- NEW. Job Wizard Skip EDP Work Files: Enterprise users may now use the Job Wizard to back up personal files in a Windows Protected Environment (WIP), without having to manually suppress work files.
- ENHANCED. Zip File Encryption: You can now easily encrypt an existing Zip file with a click of a button on the Tools ribbon. The WinZip tools tab on the ribbon makes it simple to choose all or selected files in an existing open Zip file, and encrypt them in one step. This time-saving technique vastly eliminates room for error.
- ENHANCED. Encryption options for new files: When updating a Zip file which contains encrypted files, WinZip automatically applies encryption to the replacements. Prompting of the password for the original file protects against unauthorized access.
- ENHANCED. Password Protection: Encrypted files within a Zip file cannot be deleted without knowing the password. This new default minimizes erroneous file deletion.
- ENHANCED. "Move" files more easily: A new Move button alongside the Add button makes it clearer for you to either add or move files into a Zip file.

v22.0 [Oct 25, 2017]
- Now you can instantly unzip any Zip file in Explorer, or from the WinZip Files Pane, the WinZip Ribbon or File menu.
- With a single click of a button, you can unzip any file to the selected folder in the Files Pane.
- Faster start-up performance.
- Reduce image file size and convert images from one format to another.
- Remove personal data from files.
- You can now open and unzip POSIX TAR files in the updated compression format.
- WinZip Express copy to clipboard .
- You can now send a message via WinZip emailer to a one-time recipient and not add it to your contacts list.
- Enterprises can recover encrypted files left by past employees or during forensic audits, quickly and easily, to avoid significant downtime.
- In the enterprise version of WinZip, buttons for disabled features will no longer be shown and therefore cannot be clicked on
- Now Enterprise users can enjoy WinZip's file sharing features using their Slack enterprise solution.
- Now Enterprise users largely interested in compression functionality may tap into the Classic interface, which hides the files and actions pane and displays only the ribbon.
- Enterprise users may now use the Job Wizard to back up personal files in a Windows Protected Environment (WIP), without having to manually suppress work files.

v21.5 [Apr 27, 2017]
NEW! Replace Zip Files with their Content
Quickly and easily unzip a group of Zip files and replace them with their native files.
NEW! Create a split Zip file from Explorer
Easily distribute large Zip files without worrying about timeouts or failed uploads/downloads. This convenient feature creates a multi-part zip file for easier distribution.
NEW! Automatic computer shutdown
For added security, you can now have WinZip shut down your computer for you after running an automatic backup.
Pro and Enterprise only.
NEW! Files Pane tabs
Files Pane tabs let you open, view and manage different folders at the same time, instead of having to use multiple Windows Explorer windows. Conveniently see local, network and cloud-based folders, and just drag and drop files from one tab to another to copy them.
NEW! Folder Trees
The Folder Trees option of the Files Pane lets you see and navigate through your combined computer, network and cloud folder layout, making folder selection quick and easy.
NEW! Keep track of the files you share with ZipShare
Whether you share files from WinZip or ZipShare, you can now easily keep track of which files you have shared. And, you can use either ZipShare or another cloud service for storing shared files. With the Shared Files dashboard in the Files pane, you can see and manage shared files from WinZip. See a list of shared files (even files you shared on ZipShare), open and view shared files, share files again or remove shared files.
NEW! Access all your accounts
If you have work and personal accounts on the same cloud or IM services, now you can add and access all of them in WinZip. You no longer need to log in and out depending on which accounts you want to use. Add up to 16 accounts, give them unique names to distinguish them and enjoy easy access to your files for any of the many services supported by WinZip 21.
Pro and Enterprise only.
NEW! Combined Address Book
Now you can handily select recipients by name as well as email address when you email and share directly from WinZip’s internal emailer to any of your contacts with the new Combined Address Book. Add contact information from your email accounts, multiple social media services and local contact directories so you no longer need to go outside WinZip to find the address you need.
NEW! Create individual Zip files for streamlined sharing
Sometimes you want to access just one file in a large, multi-file Zip. With WinZip 21, you have the flexibility to move selected files to individual zip files with optional encryption. That means you no longer need to download an entire Zip when using your phone to access files in the cloud, you can simply download the individual zip file that you need.
NEW! Send What feature
Share all or only the selected files you want to send with this handy feature. Once you review or change the contents of your Zip and click Send selected files, you can choose whether to send individually selected files or the entire Zip.
NEW! Share Converted files
Avoid added clutter by sharing files without having to save them first. Previously, when using WinZip’s conversion options, like converting to PDF or adding watermarks, you would need to overwrite the existing file or save the converted file, then find, share and delete it. Now, simply share your converted file by email, IM, social media or the clipboard and the temporary file is deleted after sharing.
NEW! Files Pane Swipe
Easily expand or revert the Files Pane just by swiping.
NEW! Add a Network Location
Now you can access a network location from another domain without leaving WinZip. Any network you have access to can be added to the WinZip Files Pane, even if it is not included in the list of available networks in Windows under the Network folder.
NEW! See image information in the Preview Pane
Get all the information you need about an image, right in WinZip 21. Click the new Image Information button in the Preview Pane to view a dialog that includes height, width, pixels per inch, pixel depth/colors, file size and more.
Pro and Enterprise only
ENHANCED! MP3 Compression
Keep more music on your phone or on a cloud service, or share playlists more easily, with enhanced lose-less MP3 compression. WinZip 21 compresses your MP3 files by 15 – 20% on average with no loss in quality thanks to the enhanced Zipx format.
ENHANCED! Link sharing from the cloud
With just a click, easily share a link to files and folders in your cloud services. Share your link by email, IM, social media or the Clipboard.

v21.0 [Oct 25, 2016]
May include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

v20.5 [May 4, 2016]
ENHANCED! Zip files from any location
NEW! Easier unzipping
NEW! Scan and Share
NEW! More sharing options
NEW! Snap and Share
NEW! More robust file management
ENHANCED! File Manager
NEW! Background tools
NEW! Previewer
NEW! Job Wizard Super Picker

v20.0 [Oct 27, 2015]
May include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

v19.5 [May 7, 2015]
NEW! Easier zipping
Built-in local and cloud file management means it's easy to browse and select the files you want without leaving WinZip. Touch support puts the power of WinZip at your fingertips on any touch-enabled device or computer. WinZip 19.5 is also optimized for 2-in-1 computers, switching its layout automatically depending on whether you are using your system in tablet or notebook mode. New auto-hide scroll bars maximize display space on devices.
NEW! Streamlined sharing
SmartShare makes sharing as easy as choosing a file and a destination. Select a file from your computer, cloud service or zip, then choose to share the file via social media, IM or email—and WinZip does the rest. Sharing by Facebook IM, Skype messages and other apps is easier with automatic links available for pasting from the Clipboard. WinZip Pro users can share an image directly from the File Viewer to social media sites with just a click.
NEW! WinZip Express
WinZip Express for Explorer, Office and Photos are now built into WinZip 19.5—and WinZip Express for Outlook is available as a free download. Get instant access to key WinZip features when working in other applications.*
NEW! Rich file management
Save time with the easy-to-access file management features built into the new WinZip 19.5 interface. Copy, move, rename and delete local and cloud files with ease. Open, edit and print local files. Plus, see how much space your devices and cloud services have available. Easily browse and find files in your zip with new thumbnails.
NEW! Change the interface to suit your task
Easily change the WinZip 19.5 interface to hide or show the features you need. WinZip 19.5 displays zipping features by default, but you can easily switch to the file management pane when you want to work with your files. WinZip configurable settings are now easier to find and adjust. Like the WinZip you know? Just click to use the familiar ribbon.
NEW! Easily find the features you need
WinZip is more dynamic than ever with the new slide-in Actions pane that changes to display the right tools for the job. When you're zipping files, for example, Save and Share options appear automatically, so you can quickly select the destinations for your zip.
NEW! More flexible file conversion
Whether you are converting to PDF, resizing photos, adding watermarks or encrypting, you can select or change settings before, during or after you have created your zip. Plus, WinZip lets you choose whether the changes are applied to all the files in your zip or only to the individual files you've selected.
NEW! Enhanced Backup (WinZip Pro only)
Enhanced automated backup creation and editing lets you skip steps where defaults or settings do not need to be changed.

v19.0 [Oct 28, 2014]
- Easier zipping.
- Rich file management.
- Changed the interface to suit your tasks.
- Easily find the features you need.
- More flexible file conversion.
- Streamlined sharing.

v17.0 [Oct 16, 2012]
WinZip 17 lets you connect to your cloud services, including Box, Google Drive, SkyDrive and Dropbox. Zip before you upload, open zip files saved in the cloud, or select files from the cloud to zip and share.
Instantly resize images to more convenient sharing sizes without using complex image editing software.
Deter unauthorized copying, add traceability, and protect your photos and files by adding your own custom watermark to images and PDFs.

v16.0 [Oct 10, 2011]
Zip and unzip files instantly
Protect files by encrypting them as you zip
Zip and email files in one easy step
Back up and archive your data automatically
Send large files fast using our NEW ZipSend file delivery web service
Share files on Facebook with our new NEW ZipShare Facebook app

v14.5 [Apr 13, 2010]
An integrated FTP client to upload backups to an off-site server. Encryption is added just by checking the option and pressing Zip. A contents preview has been added, so there is no the need of extracting files temporarily. Compresses digital photos and graphic images by 20 - 25% with no loss of quality. New features also include Windows 7 support, and an Office like interface with ribbon toolbars and clear icons for every feature and action.

v14.0 [Jun 2, 2008]
An integrated FTP client to upload backups to an off-site server. Encryption is added just by checking the option and pressing Zip. A contents preview has been added, so there is no the need of extracting files temporarily. Compresses digital photos and graphic images by 20 - 25% with no loss of quality. New features also include Windows 7 support, and an Office like interface with ribbon toolbars and clear icons for every feature and action.

v11.2 [Apr 9, 2008]
Unicode support for international characters used in filenames, integrated support to create and extract LHA archives

v11.1 [Apr 21, 2009]
Unicode support for international characters used in filenames, integrated support to create and extract LHA archives