In our time, a lot of things revolve around the fashion of technology. What I mean by that is almost everything can be a direct transcription of files; books, magazines, music, financial accounts, etc. With the growing population of computer-literate people, we also need to understand that files can be hacked. Even files that are strictly available on your computer alone can be. This is the main reason why Windows have ways on how you can password protect files even from a user’s end.
In this article, we will be detailing the process on how you can password protect files to add security to them. Note that different Windows versions have different processes; let’s have a look at these.
Before we start, it’s always a useful and relevant position to back your files up in a hard or thumb drive. This way, in the event that you forget the password for the protected files, you’re still safe.
Although before we get to the password protecting scheme, there is one way on how you can kind of secure files:
One of the easiest things on how you can protect your files is by literally hiding them. Based on its definition, hiding the file means that you completely make the file disappearfrom where it stands.
Procedure
Since there is a built-in option to hide files, you don’t need to download anything. To do this, you just have to open Windows’ File Explorer. From there, select the file/folder you want to hide and right click on it. Select the Properties option and inside, you’ll see an option there that says “Hidden.” Ticking that would make the file/folder disappear from the normal perspective.
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