Here is how you can Hide Files from the Windows Directory

Windows comes with a robust User management system that allows you to create different users and give different access rights to each of them. This means that you can easily separate files and applications for each user and not have anyone else poking around in your stuff.

However, there are some locations where you can’t use this user management feature to keep your files away from prying eyes, for example, shared locations like Shared Drives or a USB drive, etc. Fortunately, you can use a really simple trick to hide files from unsuspecting users.

Windows has a built-in file hiding feature that does nothing but hide a given file from a user unless they know how to look for hidden files – it’s not hard to do but most users don’t know that there is this hidden file feature. In this guide, we will cover how you can easily hide any file or folder,

Hide a File or Folder in Windows

1. Open the Windows File Explorer (Start + E).
2. Navigate to the folder where your file or folder is placed.
3. Right-click on the file or folder that you want to hide and click on Properties, as shown in the screenshot below.
4. At the bottom, you will see an Attributes section.
5. Check the box against Hidden.
6. Click on Apply.
7. Click on OK.

That’s it. Now if you navigate to the same folder, you won’t be able to see the file or folder which you just hid.

Show or Unhide a File or Folder in Windows

1. Open the Windows File Explorer (Start + E).
2. Navigate to the folder where your file or folder is placed.
3. Click on the View tab at the top of the File Explorer and check the box for Show Hidden Items.
4. Right-click on the file or folder that you want to hide and click on Properties, as shown in the screenshot below.
5. At the bottom, you will see an Attributes section.
6. Check the box against Hidden.
7. Click on Apply.
8. Click on OK.