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How to Create an Archive in File Manager
How to Create an Archive in File Manager

How to create archives of your files and folders at Hostinger

Updated over a year ago

The File Manager at Hostinger allows you to create archives -that is, a single file containing several files and/or folders- in just a few clicks!

The available formats for archive creation using this feature are zip, tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, tar.xz, tar.lz4, and tar.sz

To create an archive, go to WebsitesManage, search for File Manager on the sidebar and click on it:

Next, select the files and folders which you would like to compress - you can press the Ctrl button or Command on Mac to select several files and folders at the same time. Right-click on them to open the context menu, and choose Archive:

Alternatively, you can click on the Archive button at the top of File Manager:

Insert an archive name, and click on the desired format:

Once the archive is created, the page will reload and you will find the archive in the file list:

That's it, now you know how to create archives in File Manager! 😊

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