When you’re going to hide a specific folder or file, open up the Command Prompt and type: This command will assign the “Hidden<\/strong>” attribute to your target folder or file, and make it disappear from the File Explorer view.<\/p>\n If you need to hide all files and subfolders in your target location (for exmaple, D:\\demo<\/em>), run this following command: List Hidden Files<\/strong><\/p>\n If you need to list hidden files and folders while in Command Prompt, use the CD<\/strong> command to change your working directory and then type:<\/p>\n This will show all hidden folders or files in that location.<\/p>\n Unhide Folders or Files<\/strong><\/p>\n When you need to unhide a specific folder or file, execute this command: In order to unhide all hidden files and subfolders under a location (e.g. D:\\demo<\/em>), type this command: That’s it! The built-in option to hide folders\/files is pretty easy but it’s not secure because anyone can unhide them the easy way. If you need to hide sensitive files from prying eyes, it’s a good idea to use third-party softwares (for instance, Protect My Folders<\/a>) to hide and lock your folders\/files with a password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is there a way to hide important files to prevent accidental deletion? In this tutorial we’ll show you how to hide or unhide folders \/ files in Windows 10 using Command Prompt. Hide Folders or Files When you’re going to hide a specific folder or file, open up the Command Prompt and type: attrib +h […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14087"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14097,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14087\/revisions\/14097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nattrib +h \"your_folder_or_file\"<\/code><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hide-a-folder-with-cmd.png\")
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\nattrib +h \"d:\\demo\\*\" \/s \/d<\/code><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hide-files-and-subfolders.png\")
<\/p>\ndir \/a:h<\/code><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/list-hidden-files-and-folders.png\")
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\nattrib -s -h \"your_hidden_folder_or_file\"<\/code><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unhide-a-folder-with-cmd.png\")
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\nattrib -s -h \"d:\\demo\\*\" \/s \/d<\/code><\/p>\n