Unzipping an Entire Zip File

To unzip files from within WinZip®, you need to open the Zip file. To unzip the open Zip file, click on the Unzip icon on the toolbar and select a destination or click on Unzip to My Mac or Unzip to Cloud (and select a destination) from the Actions menu. The following sheet will display:

Unzip to My Mac

  1. Unzip Sheet: when the Unzip icon or menu item is selected and the destination is selected, then the Unzip sheet slides down from the WinZip toolbar. You can select the options and destination for the unzipped files. Once the options have been set, click Unzip to unzip the files to the designated location.
  2. Save As: when a single file is being unzipped, the name of the file is shown. Edit the name to have it saved with a different name. If multiple files are being unzipped, the field displays the first few filenames. Renaming is not allowed when unzipping multiple files.
  3. Where to Unzip: select the destination for the unzipped files. The drop down displays the standard Mac locations plus a list of recent destinations from previous unzip operations. During unzipping, if a file being unzipped has the same name as a file in the destination location, a prompt will display requesting an action to take.
  4. What to Unzip: to unzip the entire Zip file, click on the Entire Zip file button.
  5. Show Results: check Show unzipped files in Finder to have WinZip open a Finder window after unzipping showing the folder in which the files were unzipped.
Unzip to Cloud

Select a cloud storage service from the list of available services in WinZip.


  1. Unzip Sheet: when the Unzip icon or menu item is selected and the destination is selected, then the Unzip sheet slides down from the WinZip toolbar. You can select the options and destination for the unzipped files. Once the options have been set, click Unzip to unzip the files to the designated location.
  2. Where to Unzip: select the destination for the unzipped files by selecting or navigating to a destination folder. If you are not logged into the selected cloud service, you will be prompted to log in. During unzipping, if a file being unzipped has the same name as a file in the destination location, a prompt will display requesting an action to take.
  3. What to Unzip: to unzip the entire Zip file, click on the Entire Zip file button.
Unzipping Encrypted Files

When unzipping an encrypted file, the password must be provided for the operation to continue. The following prompt is displayed:

Replace Existing File Prompt

During unzipping, if a file being unzipped has the same name as a file in the destination location, the following alert will display requesting an action to take.

  1. Possible Actions: when a file of the same name already exists in the destination location as the file being unzipped, the available options are Replace, to replace the existing file with the one being unzipped, Don't Replace, to skip unzipping the file and leave the destination file as is, or Stop, to stop the unzipping process. If it is possible that there will be multiple conflicts, check Apply to All and the chosen action will be repeated for each conflict encountered during the remainder of the unzip operation.
  2. Default Action: the default action is Stop. This ends the unzip operation and prevents accidental overwrites if the default action is accidentally chosen.