# ZIP Extract Files

Extract file from a specified ZIP file.

Action available for the following operating systems:

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### Parameters

* **Source ZIP File** *\<string> -* The full path and name to the ZIP file where the user wants to extract the files.

*Extract Mode*

* **By Index** *\<numeric> -* Specifies the index of the extracted file (Example: a ZIP File with 5 files, the first one have index 1 and so on).
* **By File Name** *\<string> -* Defines the name of the file that the user wants to extract. If file name is empty, all files will be extracted.
* **Target File** *\<string> -* The full path and name to the file that saves the content of the extracted file. If file name is empty all files will be extracted and in this case this is the target directory to store the files in. (Subdirectory paths are not preserved).


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