<p>There are times you need to manually unzip a file directly on your hosting account. For example, if your developer gives you a .zip file with a backup of your site or when updating a custom WordPress theme.</p>
<p>To unzip a .zip file, use the table below to find the hosting type that's applicable and follow those instructions.</p>
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			<th style="background-color:#ddd; border-right: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 5px; text-align:left;">Options</th>
			<th style="background-color:#ddd; border-right: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 5px; text-align:left;">Difficulty</th>
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<ArticleLink href="/help/unzip-files-in-my-linux-hosting-account-8396" target="_blank">Unzip files in my Linux Hosting account with cPanel</ArticleLink></td>
			<td width="134" valign="top" style="border: 1px solid #b2b2b2; padding: 5px;">Basic</td>
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			<td width="250" valign="top" style="border: 1px solid #b2b2b2; padding: 5px;"><ArticleLink href="/help/unzip-files-in-plesk-hosting-16313" target="_blank">Unzip files in Plesk hosting</ArticleLink></article></td>
			<td width="134" valign="top" style="border: 1px solid #b2b2b2; padding: 5px;">Basic</td>
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			<td width="250" valign="top" style="border: 1px solid #b2b2b2; padding: 5px;"><ArticleLink href="/help/unzip-files-to-wordpress-with-ssh-26942" target="_blank">Unzip files to WordPress with SSH</ArticleLink></article></td>
			<td width="134" valign="top" style="border: 1px solid #b2b2b2; padding: 5px;">Advanced</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody></table>
<h2>More info</h2>
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  <li><ArticleLink href="/help/upload-files-to-a-website-in-my-linux-hosting-account-3239" target="_self">Upload files to a website in my Linux Hosting account</ArticleLink></article></li>
  <li><ArticleLink href="/help/upload-files-to-my-windows-hosting-account-using-plesk-file-manager-16069" target="_self">Upload files to my Windows Hosting account using Plesk File Manager</ArticleLink></article></li>

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