7-Zip Download: Free and powerful compression program

With 7-Zip you get a free compression program for download, with which you can pack and unpack archives of a variety of formats and whose own archive format called 7z has an impressive compression rate.

7-Zip Download: Available free for Windows, Mac, Linux and as a portable app

In addition to 7-Zip for Windows 64-bit and Windows 32-bit, you will also find versions of 7-Zip for MacOS and Linux under the download button above. If you are using Windows and don’t know whether you are using a 64-bit or 32-bit system, you will find instructions in the linked article to help you find out.

7-Zip Portable is also available, which is a portable version for Windows that does not need to be installed and that you can simply save to a USB stick and use from there on any computer.

7-Zip: Features and advantages of the free compression program at a glance

Compression programs such as 7-Zip, which is available for download here, are mainly used to compress files, i.e. to save space in an archive, and to decompress such archives. The latter means that the files in the archive can be returned to their original, uncompressed state and processed again using the appropriate programs. 7-Zip as a compression program is characterized by a high compression rate and fast operation.

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7-Zip also comes with its own archive format called 7z. In addition to this, the program also supports all other common archive formats such as ZIP, RAR, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS. You can use 7-Zip via the program’s user interface, or you can use its most important functions via the Windows context menu.