We all know how to make a hidden folder in Windows. To hide a folder we “Right Click” on the folder and Select Properties and in “Attributes” we check the box in front of “Hidden”. That’s it, the folder is hidden now.
The sad part of this is that almost everyone know how to explore the hidden folders. To explore the Hidden folder we navigate to “Control Panel>File Explorer Option” and under the “View” tab we check “Show Hidden files, folder and drives”.
That’s it, now all the hidden files and folders are visible. So even after hiding any file or folder, it’s not hidden. So how to hide it completely so that no one except you can access the hidden folder or file without using any software?
Step to Make Super Hidden Folder In Windows 10
- Open “Run” by pressing “Windows Key + R” and type “cmd”.
- Copy the following command and paste it.
attrib +s +h "C:\Users\Wasim\Desktop\Hidden" - Replace “C:\Users\Wasim\Desktop\Hidden” with the path of the folder or file which you want to hide and hit “Enter”.
- Now the folder will be disappeared and even after changing the properties in “Control Panel>File Explorer Option” the folder will not displayed.
How to Unhide the Super Hidden Folder
- Open “Run” by pressing “Windows Key + R” and type “cmd”.
- Copy the following command and paste it.
attrib -s -h "C:\Users\Wasim\Desktop\Hidden" - Replace “C:\Users\Wasim\Desktop\Hidden” with the path of the folder or file which you have hidden and hit “Enter”.
- Now the Hidden folder or file will be shown.
Check this video tutorial for better understanding.
So now you don’t need to worry about your hidden files and folder. Except you no other person can view it. 🙂
This method should work with Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 also. If you face any issues then describe it using comment section, we will try to sort it out. 😀
thank you for sharing a great post.
No Panic – Managed to sort it. 🙂
Hi.
Ive hidden a folder in the way described above but cant remember what i called it! Is there anyway that i can list hidden folders in order to recover it?
I strongly recommend to use notepad, Follow these steps in order to recover your folder, This won’t work if you forgot the file/folder before doing these steps: Step 1. Open Notepad. Step 2. Write the name of the hidden folder in notepad. Step 3. Press Ctrl + S/Click File and then click save. Step 4. Write the name of the text document whatever is a good enough name, Then Click Save. Step 5. Your done!
Or you could unhide systems folders: https://kb.blackbaud.com/knowledgebase/Article/41890
Does it work with Windows 10 too?
Thanks a lot Pal, you made my day. Another way to prevent files from appearing in searches is to save the folder inside Program files or Windows folder.
Good looking out
You are really fools just Deactivate “Hide Protected System Files/folders” to view that folder/file
Confirming as functional in Windows 10.
Screenshot: http://puu.sh/rDAiA/d1e07137ff.png
What if you’re an idiot like me and you lost the file name but not location
You fucked up
What if the file to hide is on D: or other partition ?
It works for any partition 🙂
if you can search the hidden files from the hidden folder, windows finds them.
The name of the hidden file will only be known to you 😉
So only you can search them 😉
Hmm.. any .jpg or video format search on Windows will bring the results that includes the hidden files….
You can remove the folder they’re in from indexing options and then it becomes impossible to search for it even if you know the name… The only way to get into the folder is by typing it’s file path in.
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/hide-files-folders-from-search-windows-10/
Does not work. Can still see folder when “show hidden folders” is selected.
This just makes the file a hidden system file/folder which can also be unhidden under the same control panel applet!!!!
No bro, even after unhiding files from Control Panel the file or folder hidden by this command doesn’t shows up. 🙂
great i will try for this.. keep
updating us..