{"id":11934,"date":"2026-05-20T10:56:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/?p=11934"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:34:37","slug":"compress-and-extract-web-files-with-file-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/compress-and-extract-web-files-with-file-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Compress And Extract Web Files Using File Manager in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>cPanel File Manager allows you to easily compress and extract website files directly from your hosting account without using external software.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"433\">You can perform both compression and extract directly inside cPanel File Manager.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"1gnd63g\" data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"477\">How to Compress Web Files in cPanel<\/h2>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1xgjbzb\" data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"514\">1. Log in to Your cPanel Account<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"575\">Access your hosting cPanel using your username and password.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1k48zco\" data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"605\">2. Open File Manager<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"665\">\n<li data-section-id=\"t6ve34\" data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"636\">Go to the <strong data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"627\">FILES<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1ovrw0s\" data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"665\">Click on <strong data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"664\">File Manager<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"725\">The File Manager interface will open in a new browser tab.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"725\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11953 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-1024x352.png\" alt=\"file-manager\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-1024x352.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager.png 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1wt4tt0\" data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"763\">3. Select the File or Folder<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"856\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1bd9ygg\" data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"813\">Locate the file or folder you want to compress.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"e0owe1\" data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"834\">Right-click on it.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"zh4npq\" data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"856\">Click <strong data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"855\">Compress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"897\">A compression popup window will appear.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"858\" data-end=\"897\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11954 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file-1024x461.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file-1024x461.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file-1536x691.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cp-compress-file.png 1542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"bp2udw\" data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"933\">4. Choose Compression Type<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"975\">Select your preferred compression format:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"1046\">\n<li data-section-id=\"gl4r3d\" data-start=\"976\" data-end=\"989\">Zip Archive<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"en0dgt\" data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1003\">Tar Archive<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"19txenc\" data-start=\"1004\" data-end=\"1024\">GZiped Tar Archive<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"13c1xjz\" data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1046\">BZip2ed Tar Archive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1113\">You can also rename the compressed file in the provided text box.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1113\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11956 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type-1024x486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/select-compression-file-type.png 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1iy751s\" data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1143\">5. Start Compression<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1184\">\n<li data-section-id=\"8bjeb9\" data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1184\">Click the <strong data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1176\">Compress File(s)<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1242\">A new popup window will display the compression results.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1279\">\n<li data-section-id=\"cipo0u\" data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1279\">Click <strong data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1261\">Close<\/strong> after completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1348\">The compressed file will now appear in your File Manager directory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1281\" data-end=\"1348\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/compression-results.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11957 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/compression-results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/compression-results.png 818w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/compression-results-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/compression-results-768x491.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1x51zdp\" data-start=\"1355\" data-end=\"1394\">How to Extract Web Files in cPanel<\/h3>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1xgjbzb\" data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1431\">1. Log in to Your cPanel Account<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1476\">Access cPanel with your hosting credentials.<\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1k48zco\" data-start=\"1483\" data-end=\"1506\">2. Open File Manager<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1507\" data-end=\"1563\">\n<li data-section-id=\"t6ve34\" data-start=\"1507\" data-end=\"1537\">Go to the <strong data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1528\">FILES<\/strong> section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <strong data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1562\">File Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11953 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-1024x352.png\" alt=\"file-manager\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-1024x352.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/file-manager.png 1462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"11wksbs\" data-start=\"1570\" data-end=\"1602\">3. Select the Compressed File<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1665\">\n<li data-section-id=\"hr1dt3\" data-start=\"1603\" data-end=\"1644\">Right-click on the ZIP or archive file.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"y60l1h\" data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1665\">Click <strong data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1664\">Extract<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1667\" data-end=\"1701\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The extraction window will appear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11958 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file.png 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"1xsjsa2\" data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1736\">4. Choose Extraction Path<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1828\">\n<li data-section-id=\"qrmqys\" data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1801\">Enter the destination path where you want the files extracted.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1y45b9s\" data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1828\">Click <strong data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1827\">Extract Files<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11959 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extract-file-path.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 data-section-id=\"n920y4\" data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1864\">5. View Extraction Results<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1865\" data-end=\"1923\">A results window will display the extracted files summary.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1970\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1s0ybm9\" data-start=\"1925\" data-end=\"1970\">Click <strong data-start=\"1933\" data-end=\"1942\">Close<\/strong> once the process completes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2033\">Your files will now be extracted into the selected directory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extraction-results.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11960 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extraction-results.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extraction-results.png 822w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extraction-results-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/extraction-results-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"725\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cPanel File Manager allows you to easily compress and extract website files directly from your hosting account without using external&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpanel","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11934"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11988,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11934\/revisions\/11988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}