File compression software
WinZip Original author(s) WinZip International LLC Developer(s) Corel Corporation Initial release April 3, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-04-03 ) Windows 27.0.15240[1] / 23 August 2022; 11 months ago (23 August 2022 ) macOS 10.0.6204[2] / 21 March 2023; 4 months ago (21 March 2023 ) iOS 7.11[3] / 26 June 2023; 42 days ago (26 June 2023 ) Android 6.9.0[4] / 12 June 2023; 56 days ago (12 June 2023 )
Operating system Microsoft Windows , macOS , iOS and Android Size 57.13 MB Available in 12 languages List of languages
English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, Czech
Type File archiver License Trialware Website www.winzip.com/en/
WinZip Computing Inc. logo
WinZip is a trialware file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows , macOS , iOS and Android . It is developed by WinZip Computing (formerly Nico Mak Computing), which is owned by Corel Corporation . The program can create archives in Zip file format, unpack some other archive file formats and it also has various tools for system integration.
History
WinZip 1.0 was released in April 1991 as a Graphical User Interface (GUI) front-end for PKZIP .[6]
Former WinZip icon From version 6.0 until version 9.0, registered users could download the newest versions of the software, enter their original registration information or install over the top of their existing registered version, and thereby obtain a free upgrade. This upgrade scheme was discontinued as of version 10.0.[7]
On May 2, 2006, WinZip Computing was acquired by Corel Corporation using the proceeds from its initial public offering .[8] [9]
Supported .ZIP archive features
128- and 256-bit key AES encryption [10] in addition to the less secure PKZIP 2.0 encryption method used in earlier versions. The AES implementation, using Brian Gladman's code, was FIPS-197 certified, on March 27, 2003.[11] However, Central Directory Encryption feature is not supported.[12]
Release history
WinZip 17 Pro on Windows.
Windows
The ZIP file archive format (ZIP) was originally invented for MS-DOS in 1989 by Phil Katz .[13]
Chart: WinZip Windows release timeline
Table: History of WinZip Windows releases[14] [15] [16] [17]
Version
File size
Released
Support Expiration
Final Release Version
PMZip 1.0 /OS2
67 KB
January 14, 1991
Expired
WinZip 1.0
56 KB
April 3, 1991
Expired
WinZip 2.0
78 KB
July 30, 1991
Expired
WinZip 3.1
101 KB
April 6, 1992
Expired
WinZip 3.1b
108 KB
September 8, 1992
Expired
WinZip 3.2
116 KB
October 3, 1992
Expired
WinZip 4.0
139 KB
January 16, 1993
Expired
WinZip 4.0a
151 KB
March 17, 1993
Expired
WinZip 4.0b
151 KB
April 2, 1993
Expired
WinZip 4.1
133 KB
June 26, 1993
Expired
WinZip 4.1a
169 KB
August 12, 1993
Expired
WinZip 5.0
189 KB
November 8, 1993
Expired
WinZip 5.0a
194 KB
January 26, 1994
Expired
WinZip 5.0b
194 KB
March 11, 1994
Expired
WinZip 5.5a
0.3 MB
August 15, 1994
Expired
WinZip 5.6
287 KB
January 24, 1995
Expired
WinZip 6.0
313 KB
August 14, 1995
Expired
WinZip 6.0a
0.4 MB
December 4, 1995
Expired
WinZip 6.1
487 KB
October 1, 1996
Expired
WinZip 6.2
563 KB
October 18, 1996
Expired
WinZip 6.3
615 KB (16-bit) 0.7 MB (32-bit)
September 20, 1997
Expired
WinZip 7.0
922 KB
October 5, 1998
Expired
WinZip 8.0
1.20 MB
April 25, 2000
Expired
WinZip 8.1
1.7 MB 1.8 MB (SR-1)
December 10, 2001
Expired
WinZip 9.0
3.9 MB
February 24, 2004
Expired
WinZip 9.0 SR1
2.3 MB
December 2004
Expired
WinZip 10.0
5.6 MB
November 1, 2005
Expired
Windows 98/ME
WinZip 11.0
7.3 MB
November 2006
Expired
WinZip 11.1
8.9 MB
April 2007
Expired
WinZip 11.2
13.0 MB
April 2008
Expired
WinZip 12.0
13.9 MB
September 2008
Expired
WinZip 12.1
13.0 MB
May 2009
Expired
WinZip 14.0
13.7 MB
October 2009
WinZip 14.5
13.8 MB
April 2010
Windows 2000
WinZip 15
18.6 MB
November 2010
WinZip for Mac 1.0
8.6 MB
November 2010
WinZip 15.5
16.1 MB
April 2011
WinZip 16
21.1 MB (32-bit) 23.2 MB (64-bit)
October 2011
WinZip 16.5
21.1 MB (32-bit) 23.2 MB (64-bit)
April 2012
WinZip 17
21.1 MB (32-bit) 23.2 MB (64-bit)
October 2012
WinZip 17.5
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
May 2013
WinZip 18
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
October 2013
WinZip 18.5
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
May 2014
WinZip 19
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
October 2014
WinZip 20
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
October 2015
WinZip 20.5
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
May 2016
Windows XP (providing: IE8 is present + SP3 installed)
WinZip 21
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
October 2016
WinZip 21.5
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
April 2017
WinZip 22
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
October 2017
WinZip 23
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
November 2018
WinZip 24
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
September 2019
WinZip 25
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
September 2020
WinZip 26
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
September 2021
Windows 7
WinZip 27
- MB (32-bit) - MB (64-bit)
September 2022
Mac
WinZip 1.0 for Mac OS X (November 16, 2010): Initial release is compatible with Intel Macs and can be run on v10.5 'Leopard.'[18]
iOS
The iOS version was first released on February 17, 2012.[19] [8]
Android
WinZip Android was first released on June 19, 2012.[20]