How to Create a Secret Folder in Windows

Want to protect your data from your siblings or friends, let me tell you about the trick to hide the folders that you don’t want to share with anyone. It is very easy to create the hidden folders and above the all it doesn’t require any software. 

There are two ways to hide your folder, one is very easy and simple that almost everybody knows who had used Windows. It is nothing to complicate you just right-click on a file or folder and edit its properties, in general you just have to edit its Attributes you have to check marked the “Hidden” option and then OK. Now get back to your folder and see your folder will disappear, it just likes a magic.

If you want to see your folder again then you have to follow these steps:

Suppose you have created your secret folder on desktop, then

Desktop > Organize > Folder and Search Option, a new window will open. In the view part, you can change the advanced settings by clicking on the radio button “show hidden files, folder, or drives”. 

This is the easiest way to create the hidden folder but if the other person knew about this trick then he or she can view your folder by applying these steps. So here, I have another trick to make your folder hidden and nobody can find it out without your help.

For applying this, you need to launch the command prompt, so press the Win + R key combination and type cmd and then hit the enter button.

Now we are going to attrib command, so go ahead and type a command as follows (you’ll need to substitute the path to your own folder here)

attrib +s +h “C:\Users\Agent\Desktop\New Folder”

Then enter

You will need to replace the stuff in quotes to an absolute path of a folder or file on your system that you want to make hidden.

Now if I go look for the New Folder on my Desktop it is gone, even with the explorer set to “show hidden files and folders”. 

To unhide the file or folder you can run the same command, except this time use “-“ instead of the “+” signs.

attrib -s -h “C:\Users\Agent\Desktop\New Folder”

Like magic, my folder will appear again.

That’s it, I am done. I hope this article will be helpful for you and you guys enjoyed it.

Kritika Adlakha is an experienced technical content writer. She is working with Live PC Geeks and likes to write unique and informative articles on latest technology and apps. In this article, she discusses about the process “How to Create a Secret Folder in Windows”. Keep in touch with her to know more tips and tricks about Windows 10 Updates and Security Issues.