User level: Level 1 (10 points)After updating my iPhone SE2 to iOS 27.0.1, I’ve just been to the Files app and I can’t find the compress option anymore. Has the option been moved somewhere or has Apple purposefully knobbled it for older iPhones?
Posted on Oct 11, 2026 4:48 AM
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 11, 2026 5:53 AM in response to Wayne Stuart
Go to the Preview app on your iPhone. Open a PDF or image. Tap the Actions Menu button next to the filename, then tap Export. Select a file format. Read more
Export or compress PDFs and images in Preview on iPhone
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Oct 11, 2026 7:02 AM in response to Rudegar
Find the file to zip, tap More button (three dots in upper right corner of the screen), select file(s), tap Share Sheet (lower left corner), tap zip
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 11, 2026 5:52 AM in response to Wayne Stuart
Wayne Stuart wrote:
After updating my iPhone SE2 to iOS 27.0.1,
Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.
If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.
The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.
In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.
User level: Level 1 (10 points)Oct 11, 2026 6:29 AM in response to SravanKrA
That is not what I'm asking for. I want to compress some files into a zip file. The Preview app does not do this. The Files app used to do this via the 'compress' option, and now it doesn't. Can someone please confirm whether this option has been removed?
User level: Level 10 (187,102 points)Oct 11, 2026 6:46 AM in response to Wayne Stuart
with my iphone17pro with ios27.0.1
if I go to the files app and tab and hold on a file to get the context menu Compress is still listed in the contex menu
User level: Level 1 (10 points)Oct 11, 2026 11:43 AM in response to Rudegar
Okay, so not removed for newer iPhones then. Interesting. Thanks.
Anyone with an older iPhone able to confirm if the compress option is now gone on theirs?
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Oct 11, 2026 12:53 PM in response to Wayne Stuart
Sorry, I missed the SE 2 model. Can you post a few screenshots and let me see what you’re seeing.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256374148