# Unzip a password protected zip file on Ubuntu ###### tags: `Ubuntu` `zip` ``` $ unzip -P <password> <file.zip> ``` If you are getting an `unsupported compression method 99` error. That means your ZIP file is ==AES encrypted== which is not supported by `unzip` ![](https://i.imgur.com/sg4w3E3.png) You can use `7zip` to instead. ``` $ sudo apt install p7zip-full $ 7za x -p<PASSWORD> file.zip ```