# Archive and Extract Files

Create compressed archives or extract contents from any format in your file processing pipelines.

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Uploaded files

invoice-2026-01.zip340 KB

contract-signed.zip1.1 MB

photo-evidence.zip2.3 MB

report-final.zip210 KB

screenshot.zip680 KB

### Safely unpack and process files

* **ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, and TAR** extraction
* **Defend against unsafe archives**
* **Process images, docs, and videos**
* **Preserve folders and filenames**
* **Bundle processed results**
* **Route archive contents**

Multiple formats

Support for ZIP, TAR, 7-Zip, RAR, and many more archive formats for both compression and extraction.

Password protection

Secure your ZIP archives with password encryption to protect sensitive files from unauthorized access.

Pipeline integration

Combine archiving with encoding, resizing, and exporting for complete file processing workflows.

File Compressing

## Bundle, secure, and unpack files in any format

Combine processing results, encrypt archives, and extract from 20+ formats — all inside your pipelines.

## Create ZIP and TAR archives

Bundle multiple files into a single compressed archive with password protection.

passport.jpg

4.2 MB

taxes.pdf

1.2 MB

nda.docx

0.8 MB

payroll.xlsx

2.1 MB

bundle.zip

3.5 MB ·  AES-256

## Extract any archive format

Decompress ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, and 20+ other archive formats.

backup.zip

4.8 MB

## Bundle processing results

Combine results from every processing Step into a single archive — automatically.

/image/resize

photo\_001.jpg

4.2 MB

cover\_v2.png

2.8 MB

banner.jpg

3.1 MB

/document/convert

report.pdf

1.9 MB

invoice.pdf

1.2 MB

notes.docx

0.8 MB

/file/preview

thumb\_001.png

0.4 MB

thumb\_002.png

0.4 MB

preview\.jpg

1.5 MB

results.zip

9 files · 6.8 MB

Robots

## Robots for File Compressing

At Transloadit, a Robot is an automated worker that performs a single task in your file pipeline — like creating an archive, decompressing one, or bundling pipeline results.

[Compress FilesBundle files into ZIP or TAR archives with optional password protection and tunable compression levels./file/compress](/docs/robots/file-compress.md)[Decompress ArchivesExtract files from ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, ISO, and 20+ other archive formats automatically./file/decompress](/docs/robots/file-decompress.md)

Transloadit

## Stop managing archive infrastructure

Transloadit's file compression service handles all your archiving needs without the complexity of managing compression libraries and tools yourself.

Multiple formats

Create ZIP or TAR archives and extract from ZIP, 7-Zip, RAR, ISO, CAB, LHA, and many more formats.

Password protection

Encrypt ZIP archives with password protection to secure sensitive files during transfer and storage.

Compression levels

Choose from fast compression to maximum compression, or skip compression entirely for already-compressed media.

Flexible file layouts

Organize archive contents with simple flat structure, advanced nested folders, or preserve original paths.

Bundle processing results

Automatically bundle files from multiple processing steps into a single downloadable archive.

Scalable infrastructure

Our cloud infrastructure handles archives of any size, from small bundles to entire media libraries.

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Related resources

## Explore this topic

Move from the service overview to practical guides, working demos, Robot documentation, and proven customer outcomes.

### Guides

* [Media automation: from upload to reliable output→](/guides/media-automation.md)
* [A complete guide to digital-asset workflows→](/guides/digital-asset-workflows.md)
* [File Upload API guide: architecture, security, and provider selection→](/guides/file-upload-api-guide.md)

### Robot docs

* [🤖/file/compress→](/docs/robots/file-compress.md)
* [🤖/file/decompress→](/docs/robots/file-decompress.md)

### Solutions

* [Software development & SaaS→](/solutions/software.md)
* [E-commerce & retail→](/solutions/ecommerce.md)

### Pricing and customer story

* [Pricing→](/pricing.md)
* [How WeTransfer elevated file previews with Transloadit's Smart CDN→](/casestudies/2024/05/wetransfer.md)

### Live demos

* [View demo→Create a single Zip file containing all uploaded files](/demos/file-compressing/create-one-zip-file-containing-all-uploaded-files.md)
* [View demo→Create a gzipped tar archive containing multiple result files](/demos/file-compressing/create-a-gzipped-tar-file-containing-multiple-result-files.md)
* [View demo→Automatically extract all files from an archive](/demos/file-compressing/extract-files-from-an-archive.md)

Try Transloadit

## Try Transloadit for free

Start archiving and extracting files in your processing workflows today.

Managing compression libraries

Ready-to-use archive service

Complex archive format support

20+ formats supported

Bundling processed files

Automatic result bundling

Archive security concerns

Password encryption

Handling large archives

Scalable cloud processing

Extracting unknown formats

Auto-format detection

GDPR

GDPR

HIPAA

HIPAA

ISO 27001ISO27001

ISO 27001

AES-256

AES-256

SOC 2 Type II

SOC 2 Type II

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