How to add password to ZIP compressed file?

If you want to protect the ZIP compressed file from being opened by others at will, you can set up password protection. How to set it up? Two methods are recommended below, let’s take a look! Method 1:

If you want to set a password when compressing files, you can use decompression software that supports ZIP format such as WinRAR or 7-ZIP.

The following takes WinRAR as an example. Select the file or folder that needs to be compressed, then right-click the mouse and select [Add to compressed file] in the WinRAR list.

After the [Compressed File Name and Parameters] dialog box pops up, select the "ZIP" format in [Compressed File Format], then click the [Set Password] option. After the dialog box pops up again, enter and confirm the password you want to set in the password field. , after clicking [OK], the file will be compressed into a compressed file in ZIP format with a password.

If subsequent ZIP files no longer need password protection, how to cancel the password?

WinRAR or 7-ZIP decompression software cannot directly cancel the password of the ZIP file. We can only use the password to decompress the compressed package and then recompress it into a compressed package without a password.

Method 2:

If you want to add a password to the compressed ZIP package, you can use good compression and decompression software.

First open the ZIP compressed package through Good Press, then click the menu tab [Password]. When the dialog box pops up, select [Set a new password], then enter and confirm the password in the blank column, and then click [OK] to set it. .

If the password is no longer required later, you can also cancel it directly through the software.

First open the ZIP archive through software, then click the menu tab [Password]. When the dialog box pops up, select [Clear existing password], and then click [OK].

After the [Enter Password] dialog box pops up, enter the originally set password in the blank field, and then click [OK]. The password for the ZIP archive will be released.

Notes:

It should be noted that if you accidentally forget the password of the ZIP compressed package, you cannot cancel or retrieve the password through decompression software. In this case, you need the help of other tools.

For example, Pepsi Niu ZIP Password Recovery Tool can help us retrieve the password of the ZIP compressed package.

The tool provides 4 retrieval methods. We only need to import the ZIP compressed package into the tool, select the appropriate method and follow the prompts.

Then wait for the password to be retrieved.

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