3 Tools to Create Zip Files Online

Sometimes you may need to send some files to someone using email but the computer you are using may not have Winrar or Winzip installed. In the worst case, you may not have administrative privileges to download the archiving software and zip your files.

In that case here are some online tools that will zip your files and let you download them in proper zip formats.

Use Gmail To Zip Files up to 25Mb

If you have images and documents that you would want to convert into a zip archive format – why not use Gmail.

1. Compose a new email message and upload the documents and images as an attachment.

2. Send the email to another email address you own and open the inbox of the later one.

3. While reading the email you sent, you will see a hyperlink to download all attachments as a zip file.

That’s it. You have just converted the documents and images into zip files. Now you can download these attachments or send the zipped files to anyone else via email.

Use Google Docs To Zip Word Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations

Suppose you have a large number of office documents that you want to send to your friend. You cannot attach the zipped file because Gmail has a limit of 25 mb per attachment. And manually uploading files as email attachment is certainly not an option as it will take hours to finish.

In that case, you can use Google docs to send zipped archives of up to 2 GB. Follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Upload all the documents in your Google account.

2. When you are finished uploading, go to the “All Documents” tab and select all the documents. Click the “More actions” button and select “Export”

3. Next, select the documents that you want to download as a zipped archive. If there are large number of documents to be converted into zipped format, you can request Gmail to email you the link when the zipping process is complete. After that, you can download all the documents as zipped archive from the download link which will be sent as a new email message.

Now, you can forward this email message to anyone as all the documents will be attached as a zip attachment. (also read: how to open excel spreadsheets without Microsoft office)

A much simpler solution is what follows next. Create a new folder in Google docs and move all the documents in that folder. Now share that folder with the recipients email address. Ask the recipient to log into his Google account and download the documents as zip archives using the method described above.

Online Utilities to Zip Files Online

There may be situations where you would want to use an online tool to zip files online, rather than just using Gmail.

NippyZip: NippyZip is a free online compression utility that can zip up to 10 files online to create an archive. You can email the zipped file to any email address and it works best when you are using a public computer and do not want to open your email account to do the job.

Nippyzip can compress files of size 5024 kb and you do not need to create an account or register with the site. When the compression is complete, you get an email which points you to a URL where you can download the zipped file.

Filetac.com: Similar service but useful if you are browsing the web from a mobile. Just browse to the website and upload your files (2mb per file). After the upload is complete, you can download the zipped archive in your computer.

If you are using a mobile to browse the web, just browse to the Filetac homepage and enter the code that you are given after the file upload.

Similar services: Online Zip.