We always need to hide some of our personal files on the system; the reason may be security or something  other. Using the general way to do so i.e. using Windows hiding technique is not that secure because anyone else having access to your system can uncheck the hiding option and view the files. So here we will discuss one more technique that will super hide your data. And even though “view hidden files” option is checked, those files won’t be visible. Now before doing this, you should know Windows hides its system files using some other technique and those files are not visible even if the hiding option is unchecked. Just follow these simple steps.

Step 1

First open any Explorer window and go to “Tools” -> “Folder options” -> “View”. You will get a list like this,

Step 2

Uncheck the option that says, “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” and check the option “Show hidden files and folders”. While doing so you will get a “Warning”, click on “Yes”.

Step 3

Now in the top folder of the hierarchy you will see a folder named “RECYCLER”. Copy and paste this folder to the place where you want to save your files as super hidden. And rename the folder.

Step 4

Now after copying your personal files in the renamed folder, go back to the Step 1 and do the following. Again check the options which say, “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” and “Do not show hidden files and folders”. Once you do so, system files won’t be visible anymore.

Now whenever someone tries to view your hidden files using the known way, they won’t be able to because you have hid the files as system files and they are not visible even though hidden files are.