Would you like to learn how to hide files and folders using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to hide files or folders on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Powershell – Hide files

Start a Powershell command-line.

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Create a file.

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Hide a file using Powershell.

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In our example, we configured the file attribute as hidden using Powershell.

Powershell - Hide a file

Unset the hidden file attribute.

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Congratulations! You are able to hide files using Powershell.

Tutorial Powershell – Hide folders

Start a Powershell command-line.

Start Powershell

Create a folder.

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Create multiple files.

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Hide a folder using Powershell.

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Optionally, hide all files from the directory using Powershell.

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Unset the hidden file attribute.

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Congratulations! You are able to hide folders and files using Powershell.