Perhaps one day iOS for the iPad and iPhone will gain native zip archive extraction technology, much like what is available in the highly productive Mac OS environment by default with zip and unzip capabilities on the Mac directly in Finder, but until (or if ever) that happens, third party tools will be required to perform these common zip archive management activities in the iOS side of things. While this allows you to download and save zip files to an iPhone or iPad, unfortunately the iOS Files app and does not include a native unzip or zip function, meaning you will still need to rely on a third party app like WinZip or Zip Viewer to be able to open and extract zip files on an iPhone or iPad. You can often preview zip files in the Files app of iOS, so if you’re interested in doing that then launch the Files app directly on the iPhone or iPad and you can check out the zip file you just saved and downloaded to the device, or to iCloud Drive. That’s all there is to it, now your downloaded zip file will be saved to the iPhone or iPad at the location in Files app of your choosing. Alternatively, tap on the “More…” text button and then select “Save to Files” from the options available there as seen here on iPad.Tap on “Open in ‘Files'” text button and then choose a save destination to download and save the zip file to that location in the Files app, as seen here on iPhone.A screen will appear in Safari that shows a “zip” archive identifying the file as a zip file and then giving you options for what to do with the zip file, depending on what apps are installed on your iOS device:.Tap on the link to download the zip file as usual.Open Safari on the iPhone or iPad and navigate to the zip file you want to download and save.Want to download and save a zip file to an iPhone or iPad? Here is how you can do that directly on your iOS device: Without further adieu, let’s jump into downloading and saving zip files to iOS devices. Older iOS devices without Files app can use an alternative method to open zip files in iOS however, though that approach requires a third party app whereas the Files app is native and does not require any other app downloads to iOS in order to interact with zip archives.
If your version of iOS does not have the Files app you will need to update it to a newer version that does to use this method. To use this approach, you must have the Files app on iOS to be able to save and download zip files directly to an iPhone or iPad, as all modern releases do.
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