A relatively unknown feature of iPadOS and iOS allows you to compress content in order to gain – if necessary – a little storage space, but also and above all to better organize your files, or even facilitate the sharing of documents. We explain how to do it.
The iPad Pro M4, for illustration // Source: Frandroid
It’s not a miracle cure for full local storage space on an iPad or iPhone, but this discreet function could still help you save a little space in certain cases, while allowing you to better manage your documents and, above all, share them more efficiently.
This feature is none other than folder compression. Natively offered by Apple in the Files application of iPadOS and iOS, this solution is particularly practical when it comes to, for example, transferring a disparate set of files to a third party; or when you want to group several files into one to better organize your documents, among other things.
A function accessible in (literally) three clicks
The big advantage of this trick is that it is very easy to access on iPadOS and iOS, in literally three clicks. To take advantage of it, follow these steps:
- Launch the Files app on iPad or iPhone;
- Navigate to the document you want to compress;
- Click and hold on the document in question until you see the iPadOS context menu appear;
- Click on “Compress”.
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Note that it is of course possible to perform the same operation on several files at once. To do this, the method is a little different:
- Select the different documents you want to compress using the selection tool in the Files application;
- At the bottom of the screen, various actions are displayed in blue. Click on “More” at the bottom right;
- A small context menu appears in the lower right corner of the screen, click on “Compress”
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Once the operation is complete, the chosen document(s) are compressed. iPadOS (or iOS) then creates a Zip archive in the same folder where the compressed document(s) were initially located.
It is then possible to copy, move, duplicate or share this Zip archive without constraint, as you would with any other type of file on your iPad or iPhone.
You can also unzip it at any time, either by clicking on it or by long-clicking to manually access the “Unzip” option.
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