Windows (File Explorer)
Right-click the file or folder you want to zip
Select Send to
Click Compressed (zipped) folder
Rename the .zip file if needed
Windows (Command Prompt)
Open Command Prompt
Run: `powershell Compress-Archive -Path “C:pathfile-or-folder” -DestinationPath “C:patharchive.zip”`
macOS (Finder)
Right-click the file or folder
Select Compress
The .zip file will be created in the same location
macOS (Terminal)
Run: `zip -r archive.zip /path/to/file-or-folder`
Linux (Terminal)
Run: `zip -r archive.zip /path/to/file-or-folder`
Linux (If zip isn’t installed)
Install: `sudo apt-get install zip` (Debian/Ubuntu) or `sudo dnf install zip` (Fedora)
Then run: `zip -r archive.zip /path/to/file-or-folder`