How to add password to your zipped files and folders

Today the best way to send data across is via Emails and to send some data across you might be required to zip a file so as to make it a single file. Now you can make your data more secure by just adding password to zip files.

To add password to your zipped files and folders:-

  1. Copy all your files in a folder and right click “Send to” –> “Compressed Zip Folder“.
  2. Now open the zip folder, and select the folder there.
  3. Go to file –> “Add a password…


4. and type in the password you want for your files.



However you cannot assign password to a single file or folder. This is the way you can make your files and folder more secure while sending them via internet, and safe on your computer as well.

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1 comments:

  Anonymous

10:29 PM

OK in windows XP but what about Vista? It does not work on it.

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