Create a ZIP Archive

Windows

Right-click the folder you would like to compress, hover over Send to, and click Compressed (zipped) folder.  This will create a ZIP archive with the folder’s name in the current directory.

 

macOS

Right-click (or Control-click) the folder you would like to compress and select Compress.

 

Linux

In a terminal, run the command:

zip -r output_file_name.zip /path/to/directory/

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