Want to learn how to encrypt files with password? Read carefully the 3 different methods provided for you in this article. Separately, you can encrypt your files or folders. The 3rd method is simpler.
Data privacy is extraordinarily important in the modern world. Although many users set Windows lock screen password, they still want to encrypt some important files separately. And how to encrypt files with password? This article provides you with a total of three reliable methods for:
If you want to know how to password protect a file or folder, take a closer look at the three methods below.
Microsoft Office allows you to encrypt your files and protect them with a password. You can learn how to encrypt a Word document in Office 2010 or later by this method.
The second method is suitable for encrypting and protecting a single file or folder (and all the files in it). Let's see how to encrypt files with password using Windows' built-in folder encryption feature. This method works in Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7.
💕 Note: You can (and are advised to) save them on an external device, such as a USB flash drive. It is not recommended to press Never back up, as you may not be able to retrieve your files later.
You should note that both of the above methods can only simply encrypt your files or folders. If you delete your files or folders by mistake or encounter a serious malfunction, your data will still be lost. To better protect your data, another good and common method is to backup and encrypt your important data.
AOMEI Backupper Professional can not only protects your individual files or folders, but also helps you encrypt your entire disk. It is powerful software that combines backup and encryption into one, which will provide you with double protection.
💫 It supports you to backup file/folder/partition/system or disk, you can choose according to your needs. 💫 It allows you to create backups to various locations such as external hard drives, network shares or cloud drives. 💫 It enables you to encrypt your backups to protect your data. Moreover, it does not have restrictions like EFS. 💫 It works with all versions of Windows (Win 11/10/8.1/8/7/XP/Visa). 💫 There are many other useful features such as scheduled automatic backups, file filters, backup compression, automatic deletion of old backups, etc.
Let’s take a look at how to encrypt files with password in Windows 10 while creating a backup.
4. After confirmation, click Start Backup to execute the task.
💥 Tips: >>> Schedule Backup: Set up auto backup on basis of Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Event triggers/USB plug in. >>> Backup Scheme: Create a backup scheme to automatically delete old backups and always keep the latest one(s). You can also choose to perform incremental or differential backups to save only changed files. >>> If you want to backup files to a cloud drive but have a few GB of free space, you may consider using AOMEI Cloud. This is a cloud drive released by AOMEI Tech, which provides you with 1TB of free storage from the time you sign up to 15 days. >>> If you want to perform a data backup with all these great features on multiple computers, you can use the Create Portable Version tool (supported by Technician or Technician Plus) to make a portable backup software on a removable device. It can be connected to any target Windows computer to use AOMEI Backupper without installation.
After reading this article, you can master three methods of how to encrypt files with password. By comparison, the third method is more practical.