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7Z to ZIP

The .7z that needs 7-Zip installed, as a ZIP that needs nothing.

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome

How to convert 7Z to ZIP

  1. Drop the file.
  2. Nothing to choose.
  3. Press Convert and download.

What happens to your file

7-Zip unpacks the archive on Fylane’s servers into a scratch folder — a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most — and every file is written into a ZIP under its own path, so folders come through as folders. The ZIP opens on every Mac, Windows PC and phone without extra software. Deleted on schedule.

A password-protected archive is refused by name.

Questions

Will the ZIP be bigger?

Usually a little — 7z compresses harder than ZIP. The trade is that everything opens the ZIP.

Do it once, not on every form

Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.

And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.

Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.

Filmed from the extension: three upload fields on a job application, filled from one tap.

Add to Chrome — freeWhat it does

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "archive.convert",
    "options": {
      "to": "zip"
    }
  }'

The same operation, archive.convert — Any archive 7-Zip reads — 7z, RAR, tar, gzip, zip — rewritten as a ZIP or, by `to`, a 7z or tar.gz, names and paths kept; a thousand files and 64 MB unpacked at most. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.