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Release notes: Enhanced data security, accelerated workflows, and more 

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I’m excited to introduce powerful new features to enhance your data security, compliance, and productivity.  

secure image transfer screenshot

With these updates, WinZip offers a more robust, secure, and efficient experience, ensuring that your sensitive data is protected, and your workflows are streamlined. 

Whether you’re managing files or transferring data, new capabilities like automatic file encryption, secure FTP transfers, and improved PDF handling are here to make your tasks easier and more efficient. 

Are you ready to explore the latest WinZip enhancements? Let’s dive into the details.  

Enhanced data security and compliance 

In this release, robust enhancements fortify data security and compliance efforts crucial for regulated industries. 

Detection and encryption of inactive files 

Detect files that have been unused for a specified period and encrypt them, minimizing the risk of data breaches. 

IT-managed ‘break-the-glass’ decryption 

IT managers can decrypt encrypted files with a centrally controlled password if enterprise-wide password controls have been configured. This ensures failsafe file recovery and compliance with organizational policies. 

Secure FTP (SSH) file transfer 

Ensures encrypted file transfers directly to the remote server, meeting industry compliance standards such as GDPR and HIPAA. 

Improved productivity and efficiency 

This iteration of WinZip focuses on optimizing productivity and workflow efficiency for end users. 

Improved stability and performance 

With fully refactored code, WinZip is now more performant and stable. We’ve also removed unnecessary in-app prompts to create more distraction-free workflows. 

Simplified navigation ribbon 

Enhances user experience with intuitive interface toggling. 

Enhanced file handling 

Accelerates operations with simultaneous unzipping of multiple files. 

Accelerated workflows 

The latest WinZip update bolsters file sharing, customization, and collaboration capabilities. 

Enhanced PDF handling 

Streamlines file conversion, merging, and editing, with new features for comment management and signature placement, improving collaboration and organization. 

Efficient secure email transfers with WinZip Courier 

Simplifies and accelerates secure file sharing via email. 

Duplicate file detection with size filtering 

Optimizes file organization by effectively managing and removing duplicates. 

News features  

Secure FTP file transfer for Pro/Enterprise 

For individuals and organizations dealing with sensitive data, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) provides increased file transfer security.  

Users can now securely transfer files to a remote server using an SFTP service.  

It is fully compliant with industry standards and regulations, bolstering data protection through robust encryption during transit.  

This ensures the confidentiality and integrity of transferred files, creating a safe file transfer environment for entities with stringent data security protocols. 

Product: Pro and Enterprise  

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Detect and encrypt inactive files  

WinZip Enterprise now enables automatic identification and encryption of inactive files, ensuring sensitive data remains protected when not in use. This proactive measure safeguards your assets against breaches.  

IT departments maintain control with a master password if enterprise-wide password controls have been configured, ensuring failsafe file recovery and comprehensive protection for your enterprise’s critical information. 

Product:  Enterprise 

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Simplified navigation ribbon  

With our new simplified navigation ribbon, users can now easily toggle between a simplified and advanced ribbon interface, tailoring the WinZip experience to individual needs.  

The simplified ribbon grants quick access to commonly used features, maintaining a clean and clutter-free UI, while the advanced ribbon ensures access to the full suite of WinZip features, providing familiarity and flexibility. 

Product: Standard, Pro and Enterprise 

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Improved PDF management  

WinZip PDF Express offers file conversion, merging, editing, security, and efficient PDF document handling.  

With the added ability to reply to and delete comments in PDF Express, as well as a new bounding box for a selected signature, users can now collaborate more efficiently with team members while keeping work more organized.   

Product: Pro and Enterprise 

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Improved secure emails for Enterprise 

WinZip Courier simplifies file compression and encryption for secure sharing via email. It reduces attachment sizes and secures confidential data.  

This release features a modern makeover and offers enhanced control over settings, making email decryption more intuitive for recipients and adding a professional touch to the email interface. 

Product: Enterprise 

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Enhanced unzipping of multiple files 

Enjoy enhanced productivity with the ability to unzip multiple files simultaneously within WinZip.  

Save time and effort by extracting files directly to your desired locations, simplifying your workflow. 

Product: Standard, Pro and Enterprise 

batch file unzipping screenshot

Enhanced duplicate file detection 

Experience greater efficiency with WinZip Duplicate File Finder.  

Now, filter files based on size before removing duplicates, allowing for better organization and prioritization of your files to optimize your storage space. 

Product: Pro and Enterprise 

duplicate file detection screenshot

Enhanced WinZip Image Manager 

With WinZip Image Manager, converting and saving image files as PDFs is now a breeze.  

Now, the number of steps needed to handle your image files has been reduced, making it easier to manage and share your visuals. 

Product: Pro and Enterprise 

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Enhanced file sharing 

WinZip now allows users to easily zip, encrypt, convert and share files or cloud file link with a few simple clicks.  

Clicking “Share” in the main interface will open WinZip SafeShare, which streamlines file sharing with password-protected encryption, an expiration date, data removal, watermarks, and PDF merging in a single workflow.  

Emails are now also more user-friendly and informative for recipients. 

Product: Pro and Enterprise 

enhanced file sharing screenshot

Improved workflows 

WinZip is undergoing an optimization process to reduce in-app distractions, such as removing unnecessary prompts and cleaning up workflows, to create a seamless and more intuitive environment for users to accomplish their tasks more efficiently. 

Product: Standard, Pro and Enterprise 

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Miscellaneous enhancements 

Product: Standard, Pro and Enterprise 

  • Sharing of crash reports: To enhance WinZip’s usability, users can now submit crash reports directly within the application. 
  • Improved app performance: WinZip’s loading time is improved. It now starts up faster and moderately enhances the application’s overall performance. 
  • Clarified error messages: We have revised the language used in our in-product error messages to provide clearer explanations, ensuring users gain a better understanding of the issues encountered. 
  • Simplified WinZip updates: Updating WinZip is now easier than ever, ensuring user always have the latest features and security enhancements with minimal effort. 
  • Enhanced compression support: Benefit from updated RAR and 7-Zip dlls, ensuring seamless compatibility and improved performance when working with compressed files. 
  • Enhanced in-app user surveys: Users may now opt in to product research by adding their email address to in-app surveys. This opportunity allows users to directly communicate their feedback to our product team, contributing to the evolution of WinZip’s future features and improvements. 

With these updates, WinZip continues to provide a robust, secure, and efficient solution for our customers’ file-sharing and security needs. 

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