NEW! Direct Access Technology for faster display and unzipping
WinZip’s Direct Access Technology provides a noticeable reduction in time to display and unzip large Zip files stored in the cloud.
NEW! Set Expiration Dates for Files and Folders
Don’t let old files clutter your storage. Now your local and network files and folders, including Zip files, can be scheduled for deletion. From “Expire Files”, pick the files and folders you want to schedule, specify the number of days before expiration, and click “Schedule”. WinZip will remove them for you upon expiration. Scheduling cloud files and folders for deletion requires either WinZip Pro or Enterprise.
NEW! Remove additional EXIF data from files
Stop sharing personal information accidentally. Remove hidden personal data (EXIF) from files before they are shared. Use WinZip to secure any of the following file types to ensure they do not contain hidden personal data: DOC/DOCX, GIF, JPG (JPEG), PDF, PNG, PSD, PPT/PPTX, and XLS/XLSX.
NEW! Automate WinZip Express
Name and save your favorite WinZip Express settings and reuse them at a later time. Reuse the settings as often as you wish without having to remember which settings you previously used. WinZip Pro and Enterprise users can also schedule WinZip Express to run automatically using saved settings.
NEW! View Date taken and Date Modified
Sort your pictures by date taken. When previewing images, you can now view them by date taken or date modified. This helps you distinguish between the date the files were copied and the date the photo was taken.
ENHANCED! Schedule File and Folder Clean Up using Background tools
Set your own schedule and execution for WinZip’s background tools. Let them work on your system when you aren’t.
NEW! Option to view password entry
Prevent password typing errors. WinZip’s new “Eyeball” icon allows you to show or hide your password when typing it into the password field. You choose when to make the password entry visible.
NEW! Drag and Drop ‘Add to Zip’ in WinZip’s Files Pane
Easily add files to Zip files displayed in WinZip’s Files pane. Simply drag and drop your files onto a Zip file in the WinZip Files pane and it gets added—just like that!
NEW! Rename multiple files at once
Don’t rename your files one-by-one. Use WinZip’s “Group Rename” to rename a group of files in a single action.
NEW! Share using Windows Charms
Extend WinZip’s sharing capabilities for Email, Social Media, and Instant Messaging to include using Windows Charms feature. (Windows built-in sharing services)
NEW! Shorten shared URLs
Don’t let text wrapping in messages break your shared file links. Using the ZipShare service, WinZip can automate the process to optionally shorten URLs to shared files before WinZip inserts the URL into an Instant Message, social media message, or Email message.
NEW! Slide to Hide Files and Action Panes
Tablet and Notebooks users, see more information in the Zip pane. With the new ability to slide the Files pane and Actions pane out of the way, more information can be displayed in the Zip pane.
ENHANCED! Manage Files with WinZip’s built-in File Management
WinZip’s File Management features are now easier to understand and more effective. Now, when you are in WinZip’s File Management, the Ribbon buttons and Actions pane buttons focus on file/folder operations.
ENHANCED! Get a link to My Cloud File
A convenient way to share files stored in the cloud. When "Save link in the clipboard" checkbox is checked in the Save to Cloud dialog, a link to the uploaded (saved) file is placed on the Clipboard. The link can then be pasted into other apps, such as Skype or Word.
NEW! Perform File Conversions before Zipping
Gain more space and security. WinZip’s conversions can now be used with the Job Wizard on files prior to it zipping them.
NEW! Set Expiration Dates for Zip files and Log files
Stop cluttering your storage with shared files and backups. Now Zip files and Log files created with the Job Wizard can be scheduled for deletion. Specify the number of days before expiration for each of your Jow Wizard created files. WinZip will remove them at the designated date automatically.
NEW! Expand the Preview Pane
The previewer pane can now expand to occupy the entire WinZip window with the click of a button. This provides more space for previewing file content, for zooming in and zooming out, and viewing the image in the new best fit and actual size options.
NEW! Specify the Job Name Last
Creating jobs is now more intuitive. Job Wizard now lets you focus on the task of choosing what you want to back up and how you want it backed up. Once you have specified the desired actions and have finished thinking about what you want the job to do, WinZip then asks for the job name.
NEW! Create new jobs from existing jobs
Don’t create your jobs from scratch. WinZip now has the ability to clone and modify an existing WinZip job. This allows you to take an existing job, make a copy of it and alter the copy to change how it operates from the original.