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title: Unzip files
description: Extract contents from a ZIP file, including support for password-protected archives.
category: File transformations
tags: [zip, unzip, decompress, extract, archive, files]
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# Unzip files

## Description

The **Unzip Files** activity extracts the contents of a `.zip` archive file provided by a previous activity. It supports standard ZIP compression and can also handle password-protected archives when the correct password is supplied.

Each file extracted from the archive is made available for downstream activities such as data ingestion, transformation, or storage.

> **Use case**:  
> Use this activity after receiving a compressed dataset from email, API, or upload to extract its contents for further processing in your workflow.

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## Input

| Input Type | Format | Description                                          |
| ---------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **File**   | ZIP    | The compressed file to be extracted (must be `.zip`) |

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## Output

| Output Type | Format | Description                                           |
| ----------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| **Files**   | Binary | One or more extracted files, ready for downstream use |

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## Configuration Fields

| Field Name   | Description                                                    |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Password** | Optional. Password to decrypt the ZIP file if it is encrypted. |

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## Sample Input

_Not Applicable_

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## Sample Configuration

| Field    | Value       |
| -------- | ----------- |
| Password | mySecret123 |

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## Sample Output

| File Name        | Size   | Download |
| ---------------- | ------ | -------- |
| data1.csv        | 24 KB  | 🔽       |
| metadata.json    | 2 KB   | 🔽       |
| images/photo.png | 350 KB | 🔽       |

> All extracted files can be accessed by downstream steps such as File Reader, Data Upload, or Email Send.