How to import a zip into your own bucket

You have a .zip on your computer. You want those files in a bucket you own, with the nested folders still intact.

Your files stay in the bucket you connected, and file.rocks is how you manage them. Use Settings, then Import, then From zip, and pick Other zip.

1. No bucket yet

You need S3-compatible object storage. Not another Drive clone.

If you do not have a bucket hooked up, follow how to connect a Backblaze B2 bucket and come back. For the price table, see the cheapest cloud object storage comparison.

2. Open Other zip

Sign in at file.rocks. Open Settings, then Import, then From zip.

Choose Other zip. That option is for any zip and keeps the folder structure inside it.

3. Destination bucket and folder

Pick the Destination bucket you own.

Destination folder is optional. In our test we set a unique folder name so the import landed under that path.

4. Media files only

Media files only filters what lands from the zip.

Leave it off when the zip has documents. In our test, a nested zip with .txt files and a .png kept the nested folder and landed both the text files and the image when the checkbox was off.

In our test, enabling it imported the PNG and skipped the TXT files. The nested folder was still preserved.

5. Choose the zip and start

Click Choose one or more .zip files and pick your local archive.

Click Start import. When it finishes, use Open destination to jump to where the objects landed.

Open the nested folder and spot-check a file. Confirm the relative paths match what was inside the zip.

6. Related paths

This walkthrough is Other zip import from your computer. For a zip already in Files, use how to unzip a file in your own bucket. For loose files or folders, see how to upload files to your own bucket and how to upload a folder to your own bucket. For a remote URL or torrent, see import a file from a link or torrent. Named Takeout migrations such as Move Google Photos to your own bucket are separate guides.

Your files stay in the bucket you connected, and file.rocks is how you manage them.