How to Hide Folders of USB Flash Drive

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on June 06, 2023

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How do you hide folders on a flash drive?

USB flash drive is a convenient tool to store, backup, transfer and manage your files. In order to free up disk space on computers, many people would save data documents, privacy videos, pictures and others on a USB drive Therefore, it's necessary to keep your files and folders from prying eyes. Especially when you plan to lend up your USB drive to others, or need to use your USB drive on a public computer.

So, is there any way to hide a folder on a USB drive? The answer is Positive! The Windows computer come with a built-in files-hidden function. In addition, there are many simple file hidden software that can help you hide files and folders of USB flash drive. Here we will share two ways on how to hide folders of USB flash drive. Check it out!

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Way 1. Hide A Folders on a USB Disk with Command Line

The command prompt is a built-in command line interpreter app for Windows operating systems. You can use it to hide a folder or even all folders of USB drive for free. Here's how to do it.

1# Hide A Folder on USB Drive
Step 1. To begin with, press Win + R on keyboard to invoke the Run window. Then type CMD and click OK.

Step 2. Next, enter attrib +h * (replace * with the target folder path of the USB drive).

If you don't know the folder path of your USB drive, you can go to My Computer to check it.

Step 3. Once done, you can open your USB flash drive on My Computer, and you'll see your folder has been hidden!

#2 Hide All Folders on USB Drive

Step 1. Press Win + R. Then CMD and press OK on the window.

Step 2. Input attrib +s +h +a *.* /s /d, and then press Enter on the keyboard.

Step 3. After that, all folders of your USB drive will be hidden.

Tips: You may also show hidden folders on USB using attrib CMD.

Way 2. Hide Folders on a USB Drive via UkeySoft File Lock

If you need a easier and safer way to hide folders on USB, you can ask help from a professional file hidden software, such as UkeySoft File Lock.

UkeySoft File Locker is a full-featured but lightweight file hidden software and folder locker. This excellent tool has a user-friendly interface, which allows to hide any files, folders and drives you like. It enables you to set a password to protect your folders on USB drives, hard drives, and external drives. No one can access it without the password.

Check the Features of UkeySoft File Lock:

Easy to Use. Everyone can use it to hide files, folders, and drives without any computer skills.

Flexible. It is able to hide files and folders on local drive, external drive, and USB drive.

More Secure. It offers password protection facility to help you lock your data, files, folders and drives.

Comprehensive. UkeySoft File Lock can hide files, folders, images, videos, audios, email, PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, TXT, ZIP files and any other documents of the drive.

File Shredder. It lets you erase files and folders on your drives completely, and wipe unused disk space with a few clicks.

High Compability - Works perfectly on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 (32 & 64bits) and Windows Vista/XP, macos mojave, macOS 10.10, 10.11, 10.12 and above.

Now you can follow the detailed steps below to hide folders on a USB flash drive with this reliable file hidden software.

Step-by-step: How to Hide Folders on a USB Stick with UkeySoft

Step 1. Run UkeySoft File Lock
After installation, start the UkeySoft File Lock program. You need to enter 123456 in the password box to enter its main interface.

Step 2. Insert A USB Flash Drive to PC
As you can see, UkeySoft program provides different modules in the left side, including Local Disk, External Disk, Share Folders, More Tools.

You need to insert a USB flash drive, then the program will detect it by default.

Step 3. Select Folders of USB Drive to Hide
Next, tap "External Disk" in the left side, and select "Hiding File" > "Lock Folder" option.

And add a folder or specific folders you want to hide of the USB flash drive, and click "OK" button.

After the operation completes, you can check the hidden folders on USB drive.

Step 4. Show Hidden Folders on USB Drive (Optional)
If you want to show hidden folders from USB drive, please select the target folders, and click "Unhide" button in the right side. Then it will display hidden folders on USB disk.

Pros:

• Easy to operate, simple installation.
• Hide any file and folder on your drive.
• Lock folders and files on flash drive, hard drive, etc.
• Password protect your files on USB drives.
• Erase files and wipe disk completely and permanently.
• Supports both Windows and Mac computer.

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Justin Sabrina

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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