To password protect a folder in Windows 10, you'll need to open the folder's "Properties" menu.

You can turn any Mac folder into a disk image to lock its contents behind a password. Here's how to password protect your ...

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If you have a confidential PDF you want to password protect, you have a few ways to do that on your Windows 11 PC. You can ...

A password manager is one of the indispensable tools that everyone should have on their computer. After all, the masses of passwords that a normal user needs to access bank accounts, online shops, web ...

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When it comes to using an app to keep track of all your online login credentials, you may come across the occasional data breach. Developers behind the scenes are usually quick to address the problem, ...

We’ve all been there—staring at a locked Excel file, unable to make the edits we desperately need because the password is nowhere to be found. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether it’s an old file you ...

If you don’t already have a ZIP file created, you can simply select all your files, right-click on them, and select Compress to > Zip file. However, if you want to add more files to an existing zip ...