Compressing files in the form of images, videos, photos and folders can be done easily from cPanel hosting. Here's a simple tutorial on how to utilize the built-in file compression feature of cPanel's File Manager.
1. Make sure you can log into your cPanel account
2. Open the File Manager menu
3. Find the file or folder you want to compress
4. Right-click the file and click the Compress menu
5. File compress formats can vary between zip, tar, GZiped, Bzip2ed. Choose according to your needs, usually people prefer zip.