# Convert ZIP to PDF > To convert a ZIP to PDF, add your .zip file, check the page order shown, and download one PDF: pictures become pages, PDFs inside are joined in, and .txt files become text pages. The zip is opened in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Page: https://pdfinish.com/zip-to-pdf Last updated: November 3, 2026 ## How to convert a ZIP file to PDF in 3 steps 1. **Add your zip.** Drop a .zip file onto the tool, or choose one from your device. It opens in your browser and you see every file it will use, in page order. 2. **Check the order and page size.** Files are sorted the way people count: page2 before page10. Choose to fit each page to its picture, or use A4 or US Letter. Files that cannot become pages are listed as left out. 3. **Download your PDF.** Save the finished file. Pictures are one page each, PDFs keep their pages, and text files flow onto as many pages as they need. ## Key facts - Privacy: We don't sell your data. This tool runs in your browser, so your files stay on your device and are never uploaded. - Ads: none. No third-party ads and no ad cookies. - Limits: 2 free uses in total, no account needed, and no limit on uses with Pro. Files up to 50 MB free, 500 MB with Pro. Limits are checked before a use starts, never after. - Price: free to start. Pro is $2.99 a month or $24 a year. Lifetime is $50 for the first 500 founders. Pro cancels in one click. - Works on: Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android. Nothing to install. - Your zip is opened in your browser. It is never uploaded, and nothing inside it is run. - Pictures (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF, AVIF, and HEIC where your browser can read it) become pages. PDFs inside are joined in. .txt files become text pages. Everything else is listed as left out. - Files go in natural order, so page2 comes before page10. The order is shown before you convert. - Zips with a password, more than 2,000 files, or more than 500 MB unpacked are refused with a plain message. ## How do I convert a ZIP to PDF? Add your .zip file to [ZIP to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/zip-to-pdf), check the list of files in page order, and download one PDF. The zip is opened in your browser and is not sent to our servers. Pictures become pages, PDFs inside are joined in, and .txt files become text pages. ## How do I convert a ZIP to PDF for free? Use [ZIP to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/zip-to-pdf). You get 2 free uses in total with no account, and one conversion counts as one use. Free files can be up to 50 MB each. Pro has no limit on uses and allows files up to 500 MB. ## Is it safe to convert a ZIP to PDF online? With ZIP to PDF, your zip is opened inside your browser and is not sent to our servers. Nothing inside it is run, so a program in the zip does nothing. You can check this yourself in your browser's network tab while you convert, where no request carries your zip. ## Can I convert a ZIP of pictures to one PDF? Yes. Every JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF or AVIF picture in the zip becomes a page, in natural file-name order. Choose to fit each page to its picture, or use A4 or US Letter. A GIF uses its first frame, and a multi-page TIFF gives one page per frame. ## Can I convert a ZIP on my phone? Yes. It works in the browser on a phone or tablet: choose the .zip from your files, check the list, press Convert to PDF and save the result. A zip of many large photos needs a lot of memory, so it may go faster on a computer. ## What happens to files in the zip that are not pictures? PDFs are joined in with all their pages, and .txt files become text pages. Anything else, such as Word files, spreadsheets, videos and folders' hidden system files, is left out, and the list before you convert shows each one with the reason. Nothing is lost from your original zip. ## Can I convert a ZIP with folders inside? Yes. Files in folders are included and sorted folder by folder in natural order, so a folder's files stay together. A folder's own files come before its subfolders. Zips inside the zip are not opened; they are listed as left out. Hidden system files such as .DS_Store are ignored. ## Is there a size limit for a ZIP? Yes. The zip itself can be up to 50 MB on a free use and 500 MB on Pro. Whatever the plan, an archive that unpacks to more than 500 MB, or holds more than 2,000 files, is refused so your browser does not run out of memory. ## Can I convert a comic book archive? Yes. A .cbz comic is a zip of pictures, so it works here, and [CBZ to PDF](https://pdfinish.com/cbz-to-pdf) is made for it: one page per picture, each page the size of its picture. A .cbr comic is a RAR file, which we do not read. Save it as .cbz first. ## Can I make the PDF smaller or join it with another? Yes. A zip of photos can make a large PDF, so shrink it with [Compress PDF](https://pdfinish.com/compress-pdf), or join it to other files with [Merge PDF](https://pdfinish.com/merge-pdf). Both run in your browser too, so your files still never leave your device, and each one counts as one of your free uses. ## Handy when files arrive zipped If you freelance, turn the zip of scanned receipts or photos a client sends into one PDF to file or send on. If you rent out a unit, turn a zip of move-in photos and a notes file into a single PDF record to keep with the lease. ## Common questions ### How do I convert a ZIP file to PDF? Add the .zip file, look over the list of files in page order, then press Convert to PDF. The PDF downloads from the result screen. Pictures, PDFs and .txt files inside the zip are used; other files are listed as left out. ### What can be inside the zip? Pictures (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF and AVIF, plus HEIC where your browser can read it), PDFs, and plain .txt files. Word, Excel and other files inside are left out, and the list shows which. Convert those first with their own tools, then zip them again. ### In what order do the pages come out? Natural order of the file names, folder by folder: page2.jpg comes before page10.jpg, and a folder's files stay together. The order is shown before you convert so you can check it. To use a different order, rename the files in the zip, or arrange the result with Organize PDF. ### Why was my zip refused? A zip is refused if it has a password, holds more than 2,000 files, unpacks to more than 500 MB, or is damaged. These limits keep your browser from running out of memory. For a very large zip, split it into smaller zips and convert each one. ### Does it open password-protected zips? No. Password-protected zips are refused with a plain message, and we do not try to guess or bypass passwords. Unzip it on your computer with your password, zip the files again without one, and add that zip here. ### Is my file uploaded when I use ZIP to PDF? No. Your zip is opened and turned into a PDF in your browser. The file is not sent to our servers. ### Is ZIP to PDF free, and are there limits? You can use it free. You get 2 free uses in total, no account needed. Free files can be up to 50 MB. Pro has no limit on uses and allows files up to 500 MB. We check the limits before a use starts, so a finished file is never held back. ### Can I use ZIP to PDF on a Windows PC? Yes. Open this page in Chrome or Edge on your PC, add your file and download the result. 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