{"id":3541,"date":"2016-04-21T08:57:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2023-04-14T07:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T07:59:38","slug":"how-to-compress-rar-zip-file-in-specific-size-with-winrar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-compress-rar-zip-file-in-specific-size-with-winrar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Compress .RAR\/.ZIP File in Specific Size with WinRAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ads-google\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3976761739610001\" data-ad-slot=\"8881155354\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Generally, it is not necessary to think of how much the archive would be after compressing a file or folder. However, in some different cases, you would have to make it not larger than specific size.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why and when we need to compress files or folder into .rar or .zip archive with given size?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>When we have to compress a large file and want to save it on CD-drive<\/li>\n<li>When we want to upload a compressed file that is larger than the forum requires<\/li>\n<li>When we want to improve transfer speed of RAR\/ZIP file through Internet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Then we can or have to control archive file size, usually by splitting an archive into several volumes with given size.<\/p>\n<h2>Steps to compress RAR\/ZIP file and split archive to volumes in specific size<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Select the file or folder you want to compress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Right-click it and choose <strong>Add to archive<\/strong> in pop-up context menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/select-add-to-archive-option.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/select-add-to-archive-option.png\" alt=\"select add file to archive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/select-add-to-archive-option.png 344w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/select-add-to-archive-option-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a> select add file to archive[\/caption]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> In <strong>Archive name and parameters<\/strong> dialog, you can see Archive name, Archive format and compression method under General tab. Confirm the archive name and archive format.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/confirm-archive-name-and-format.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/confirm-archive-name-and-format.png\" alt=\"confirm archive name and path\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/confirm-archive-name-and-format.png 468w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/confirm-archive-name-and-format-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Set compression method <strong>Normal<\/strong> and specify archive size.<\/p>\n<p>In drop-down list of <strong>Compression method<\/strong>, choose <strong>Normal<\/strong>. And go to <strong>Split to volumes, size<\/strong>\u00a0option, set archive size and unit to measure the size. For example, type <strong>5<\/strong> as size and choose <strong>MB<\/strong> as measure unit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/specify-archive-file-size-and-compression-method.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3547\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/specify-archive-file-size-and-compression-method.png\" alt=\"specify archive file size and compression method\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/specify-archive-file-size-and-compression-method.png 468w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/specify-archive-file-size-and-compression-method-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Click <strong>OK<\/strong> in <strong>Archive name and parameters<\/strong> dialog and begins to compress file with above settings.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing compression, you would get several RAR\/ZIP archives with the same size like these.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/compress-file-in-specific-size-successfully.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/compress-file-in-specific-size-successfully.png\" alt=\"successfully compress file in specific size\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> If you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/extract-multi-volume-rar-zip-file-in-winrar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decompress the multi-volume archives<\/a> later on, please put them in the same path and then extract them. 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