Need to password-protect some files on your Mac? Want to stop them from being edited or deleted by mistake? Or do you just need to hide them away from prying eyes? macOS has solutions for all these ...

If you’ve got something you want to hide away, then you’ve got plenty of options on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS—options that we’ll run through here. Even if the kids or a stranger should get ...

The free open-source Hide & Reveal program supports TIFF, as well as BMP and PNG file formats, and lets you hide information in a file, and then load the file and extract the information.

A person’s need and right is privacy. And with more and more information being stored in our computers, laptops, and, more recently – smartphones and tablets, it’s understandable that many have the ...

In the File Open dialog, OS X grays out files that the program thinks are unopenable. Is it possible to alter the dialog's display to hide (not just gray ...

How to hide files from any file manager on the Linux desktop Your email has been sent Want to hide files and folders from your Linux desktop file manager? Jack Wallen shows you one handy method. You ...

The navigation pane, located on the far left side of File Explorer, is used to find files, folders, and drives on your Windows 11/10 PC or network. When you set the navigation pane to show or hide in ...

The Tech Tray weblog has posted a tutorial for hiding secret files inside JPEG images using the popular Windows archiver, WinRAR, and a little command line magic. Basically, you create a .rar archive ...

We've featured some of our favorite steganography tricks before, but if you don't feel like downloading extra software or diving into the command line, here's an easy way to hide more sensitive files ...

Here is how to show or hide the file icon overlay on thumbnails in Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers. You can enable or disable file icons on thumbnails in Windows ...