How to compress files on iPhone and iPad

Thanks to the functions made available by Apple with iPadOS, and in general with iOS 13, you can use your iPad (or your iPhone), as if it were a real laptop. Among the most important innovations we find the possibility of interfacing with external storage devices, simply by using the port USB-C or Lightning of the device used.

However, when you come into contact with operations of this type, the possibility of encountering compressed files, which therefore require an additional operation to open them, is not excluded. Today we will therefore see how unzip any file your iOS ed will eventually ri-compress it.

Compress a document with the iOS Files app

To compress and decompress any document on an iPhone or iPad, we will basically use a single application, available as standard on all devices of the Cupertino company, that is "File". Before starting, however, we remind you that the aforementioned operations can only be performed if in possession of iPadOS and iOS 13 (or later versions), and for this reason we invite you to constantly check for updates from the system settings.

So let's see how to compress a file.

• Open the application "File" your iPhone or iPad with iOS 13 or iPadOS
• Choose the file to compress and hold down on it for a few moments
• From the list that appears, choose "Compress" down

At this point the file will be correctly compressed and ready to be shared. Obviously you can decompress in the same way, with the only difference being that, in the list of options, instead of clicking on "Compress" just continue with the command "Extract".

The compressed document will not permanently replace the original file, but will be copied in order to keep it in case of problems during the operation.

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