# How to edit zip files?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915 "2021-02-08T21:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lurker](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lurker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lurker)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/1 "2021-02-08T21:26:37Z")

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Hello. I was wondering how to edit files that are zipped. They only seem to work if the files are in a folder. I tried looking in the settings but I can't seem to find much. Thanks for the help advance.

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/2 "2021-02-08T22:53:51Z")

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(Do you speak about the music files you can see in the windows file explorer where you click on a zip archive?)

If you want to add or modifiy or delete metadata in your music files, you have to unzip them first.

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**Author:** ![Lurker](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lurker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lurker)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/3 "2021-02-08T23:09:12Z")

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Yes, I'm talking about those. How do I unzip them?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/4 "2021-02-09T05:45:42Z")

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In Windows explorer: Right-click on zip file \> Extract all.

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**Author:** ![MP3Freak\_Peter](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@MP3Freak\_Peter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3Freak_Peter)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/5 "2021-02-09T15:43:21Z")

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For simple unzip windows explorer would be ok,  
but have a look on freeware 7zip.

You like to compress again after editing? Why? One Zip per Folder?  
What fileformat are you using?

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-zip-files/51915/6 "2026-02-09T12:29:03Z")

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