Zip & Unzip for SharePoint supports common archive workflows directly in your document library, including password-protected archives and multiple output formats.
Password-protected archives
You can create password-protected archives in ZIP and 7z formats. When you extract a protected archive, the add-in detects that automatically and asks for the password before continuing.
Supported formats
- ZIP: create and extract, including password-protected archives
- 7z: create and extract, including password-protected archives and encrypted filenames
- RAR: extract only
- TAR: create and extract
- TAR.GZ: create and extract
macOS note for password-protected 7z files
macOS Archive Utility does not reliably open AES-encrypted 7z files. If a password-protected 7z archive will not open on macOS, try Keka, The Unarchiver, or the 7z command-line tool instead.
Common troubleshooting tips
If a password is rejected, double-check capitalization and make sure you are using the correct extraction tool. If a large archive is slow, try smaller batches so the browser does not run out of memory. If TAR.GZ creation fails, ZIP or 7z is usually a more reliable fallback for big jobs.
Need help?
Email product@1990quebec.com with whether you were creating or extracting, which format you used, how many files were involved, and the exact error message if one appeared.