# Zipping files - don't really reduce any file size

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zipping-files-dont-really-reduce-any-file-size/236827
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**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zipping-files-dont-really-reduce-any-file-size/236827 "2007-08-23T22:10:31Z")
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### Author: ![o111](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/o111/32/2123_2.png) [@o111](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/o111)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/zipping-files-dont-really-reduce-any-file-size/236827/1 "2007-08-23T22:10:31Z")

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Oi!

Another problemoz of mine. I made a folder and threw some pix in it. Then I zipped it cause I was going to send them to a friend. But, when I checked the file size on the .zip, it’s the same as the original folder. Isn’t zipping supposed to reduce file size? Another way to do this, or am I just stupid? =)

It’s a tosh by the way!