Google’s Chrome OS works great as a lightweight operating system and it’s designed for general consumers who want things to just work without fiddling with anything. And I must say, in this regard, Chrome OS has done a pretty good job. It offers a healthy selection of apps, and comes with a good feature-set. For example, you can extract ZIP files in a Chromebook without needing a third-party app. However, not many know how exactly you can do that or how to access other compressed file formats. So in this article, we bring you both native and third-party ways to extract ZIP files in Chromebook in five simple steps. On that note, let’s go through the guide.

Here, we have mentioned steps for both extracting and creating ZIP files in Chromebook. Besides that, if you want to extract other compressed formats such as 7ZIP, TAR, etc. then you can do that as well.

  • Extract ZIP Files in Chromebook Using the Files App
  • How to Create ZIP Files in Chrome OS

Extract ZIP Files in Chromebook Using the Files App

  1. To extract ZIP files in Chromebook, just right-click on the ZIP file and click on “Open”. You can also press “Enter” on the keyboard to open the ZIP file.

  2. Now, select all the content and copy the files.

  3. If you want to compress files in Chrome OS, you can just right-click on a file or folder and hit the “Zip Selection” option.

  4. Instantly, the file or folder will be compressed and a ZIP file will be created in the same folder. Pretty easy, right?

Our tutorial will work with all of the following Chromebooks. It is not an exhaustive list and is only here to serve as an example.

Easily Extract Files on Your Chromebook

Chrome OS aims at making things simple for users and it has succeeded at that. You don’t need to install or think about ZIP and RAR programs to access the content. Simply, hit enter and there you have it! That said, we hope Google improves things in the future and brings an “Unzip” menu for seamless extraction. Till then, you can use the ways listed above to extract ZIP files on a Chromebook. Anyway, that is all from us. If you want to learn more such Chrome OS tips and tricks then follow our linked article.