The second is that once you set the password, there's no way to recover it if you forget it. Here's how to password protect a folder on your PC.

Learn how to make a file or folder private in Windows 11/10. Select Share with or Give access to option and choose Nobody or Remove access.

Everyone has private data on their PC, and one of the best ways to safeguard that is to password protect it. But do you know how to password protect a folder?

Knowing how to password protect a folder in Windows 10 allows you a degree of protection from the people you share your computer with — or from someone stealing your hard drive.

On Windows 11, you can follow these steps to create a password-protected folder using the built-in virtual hard disk technology and BitLocker.

Windows: If you're looking to stash some files away from other users casually browsing your computer but don't need to go full bore with the encryption, you can create a password protected folder ...