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How to completely Hide/Unhide File or Folder in Windows

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Everyone knows how to make a folder/file "hidden" and how to show folders/files that have the "hidden" attribute.that is shown in below picture.


You can make a real Hidden folder/file by marking it as an important operating system file/folder.that way Windows won’t display it even if explorer is set to display hidden files and folders.

Steps to Hide a Folder/File :

  •  Go to the directory where your file/folder is which you want to hide.
  •  Hold shift key and right click in blank space.

  • Select "Open command window here" option. It will open a command prompt in current directory so that you don't have to write the full path of your file/folder.



  • Now type the following command by replacing xxx with your file/folder name (type the file name with extension) and hit Enter.Here my file name is "info.txt".
attrib +h +s xxx



  • Now check the directory. Your file/folder is hidden completely. Even by turning on the "Show hidden files and folders" option, your file/folder will not be visible.
To Unhide File/Folder:

  • Simply follow the above steps for hiding folder by replacing command with this following command.Replace xxx with your file/folder name(Don't forget to type your file extension) and hit Enter.
attrib -h -s xxx



Now you can see that your file/folder is visible again.




Note: Don't forget name of hidden file/folder.Otherwise you cannot unhide the file/folder.







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  1. Tre Pate13 August 2018 at 05:06

    hii i can't choose the command window it show's power cell.........

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