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How to Prevent Folders and Files being Renamed

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By Justin SabrinaUpdated on September 05, 2025

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Summary
How to prevent folders and files from being renamed? Here is a direct &safe way to make a file and folder can't be renamed with the help of Ukeysoft File Locker.

“I want to disable renaming to protect my files, is it possible to prevent folders from being renamed on my computer?”

You probably have certain files on your computer that you’d like to keep safe and secure. So many of you don't want your files or folders to be renamed. Because of by doing so, renaming a file can make the program run abnormally. In particular, restoring the renamed file is even more difficult. Therefore, perverting folders and files from being renamed is necessary, but how to disable renaming file or folder on Windows or Mac computer? Keep moving and you will find out more about it.

The Tool You’ll Need to Protect Data from Being Renamed

If you are looking for ways to prevent files or folders from being renamed, then you must not miss this guide which provides you with a trusted software.

UkeySoft File Locker is a good helper to protect files and folders from being renamed. With File Locker, you can also lock your personal files for protecting your privacy, set password to files or folders so other users will have no access to visit. Besides, it will hide your sensitive files so that they can’t be seen or accessed. The Hide and Lock File/Folder features provide a quick and easy way to protect sensitive information on your computer from children, employers, and anyone else might access to use your computer including law enforcement and hackers. With a high safety factor, you can also add permissions to your files to stop them from being modified, destructed or removed. In general, UkeySoft File Locker involves multiple areas, if you add a file or a folder, you can Hide, Lock, Read Only, Hide and Lock, Password-Protect it and blocking it from being renamed.

Now free download the UkeySoft File Locker with your computer firstly. The software works great on Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, vista, and Windows XP or MacOS 10.5, MacOS High Sierra.

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Steps Guide to Protect Folders and Files from being Renamed

Step 1. Open UkeySoft File Locker

Download and install the UkeySoft File Locker program on your computer, open it and you will see all the security measures of the software, including protecting your personal privacy.

lock files and folder

Step 2. Select Protect Option

This program works on hiding files/folders, locking files/folders, protecting files/folders, and more. If you want to prevent your files from being renamed, you can select "Protecting File" mode.

protect files and folders

Step 3. Make Your File/Folder Unrenameable

You can disable specific files from being renamed, moved, deleted by clicking "Protecting File" > "Protect File(s)" or "Protect Folder(s)", and then select a file or a folder from the pop up window. After selecting data, click on "Open" and then no one can rename your files.

Add folders to protect from beging modify, delete, or rename it without password.

add folders to protect

Add files to protect from beging modify, delete, or rename it without password.

add files to protect

Protected files and folders are added to the list, you can see the screenshot as below.

protected files and folders

Above simple steps, you have make your private file folders completely invisible, nobody can view the contents. If you want to unprotected them, please keep reading below steps.

Step 4. Unprotected Files/Folders or Remove from List
If these files don't need to be protected one day, you only need to select the one you dont' want to protect, then click the "Unprotect" button to unprotect the protected content.

unportect files and folders

If you want to protect the contents again, please select the files or folders from the added lists, then click "set to protect" button to make your private file folders completely invisible.

protect files again

If you want to remove/clear all added contents from list, please select the itme and click "Remove" or "Clear" button.

remove added files from lists

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Justin Sabrina

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.

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