How to Extract Multiple ZIP Files at Once?

Is It Possible to Extract Multiple Zip Files at Once?

Zipped files and folders can save space for you. To use the files conveniently, you’d better unzip the file or folder. If there are many files and folders to be extracted, it will take some more time to extract them one by one.

Is there any way to save time?

Of course, yes. You can unzip multiple folders at once using special compression software like WinZip and 7-Zip, or using Command Prompt.

How to Unzip Multiple Folders at Once Using WinZip?

WinZip is a file archiver and compressor that can compress files and folders, and uncompress the zipped files. It also supports unzip multiple files at once.

Step 1: Download and install WinZip on your PC.

Step 2: Open the folder where you want to extract multiple files.

Step 3: Select all the archives that you want to extract.

Step 4: Drag them with the left mouse button to the destination directory.

Step 5: Right-click on them and then go to WinZip > Unzip to here.

Now, all the selected zip files should be unzipped.

How to extract Multiple Folders at Once Using 7-Zip?

You can also use 7-Zip to unzip multiple files at once.

Step 1: Download and install 7-Zip on your device.

Step 2: Select all the target zip files at once.

Step 3: Right-click on the selected files and then go to 7-Zip > Extract to “*\”.

After these 3 simple steps, all the selected files will be extracted to its own folder named after the zip file.

How to Unzip Multiple Folders at Once Using Command Prompt?

Another choice to extract multiple files at once is to use Command Prompt. But Windows doesn’t have a native way of extracting files by using the command line. For example, you can use WinZip.

If you want to extract multiple files at once using Command Prompt, you need to make sure that you have installed WinZip and the WinZip command line add-on.

Here is how to unzip multiple files at once using Command Prompt.

Step 1: Open Command Prompt.

Step 2: Run this command: wzunzip *.zip. In this step, you need to open the directory that holds the zip files in the Command Prompt for this command to work. Alternatively, you can just type the file path to that directory in the command line.

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Here are the three methods to extract multiple files at once. You can select one method according to your situation.

How to Recover Deleted Zip Files?

If you delete some of your important zip files by mistake, do you know how to get them back?

First, you can go to Recycle Bin to check if they are there. If yes, you can select them and directly restore them to the original location.

However, if these files are permanently deleted, you will not see them in Recycle Bin. If so, you can use professional data recovery software like MiniTool Power Data Recovery to get them back.

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This software is specially designed to recover data from all kinds of data storage devices like computer hard drives, SD cards, USB flash drives, and more. As long as your files are not overwritten by new data, you can use this software to get them back.