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It’s important to write down the password and store it in a safe location. WinRAR will create the zip file and place it in the same folder as the source files. Type in a password and then reenter it to confirm.Under the “Archive format” heading, select “ZIP.” Using the drop-down menu, select “WinRAR” and then “Add to archive.”.Choose your file or files and right-click with a light-drag on any of them.Open “File Explorer” by tapping on its icon in the Windows taskbar.

Download and install WinRAR on your PC.

To password protect a zip file using the free WinRAR app, follow these steps: If you send someone the zip archive, they’ll also need the password to see the file or files. Be sure to write down the password in a secure location as you’ll need it to extract the files. The zip archive will be created in the folder where your source file or files are located.

For “Encryption method,” pick “AES-256.”.

In the popup window, under the heading “Encryption,” type in a password and then reenter it to confirm.

From the new drop-down menu, pick “Add to Archive.”.

Right-click the file (or any that you’ve selected if more than one) and from the drop-down menu, choose “7-Zip.”.

Locate and select the file or files you’d like to zip.

From the Windows taskbar, click on the “File Explorer” app.

Download and install 7-Zip on your Windows PC.

See Filenames display without entering the password when an encrypted Zip file is opened - WinZip - Knowledgebase for a better explanation.

Test1.zip cannot be deleted within Test2.zip because an empty WinZip file cannot be saved. Test2.zip can still be deleted within File explorer. To open Test1.zip within Test2.zip requires the Test2.zip password so unauthorised deletion of Test1.zip contents cannot be done. To get 1.doc, 2.doc, 3.doc a double extraction must be performed and passwords must be entered. Test2.zip is encrypted and contains only Test1.zip Test1.zip is encrypted and contains 1.doc, 2.doc, 3.doc To prevent files being deleted from an encrypted WinZip archive you need to zip the files up into an encrypted zip file then zip the zipped up file itself into another encrypted file. Entries in the list of contents can be deleted without any password being required. WinZip passwords apply to contents' extraction and are not a file-open protection like, say, an Excel file-open password.

Passwords protect the contents from unauthorised extraction not from unauthorised viewing of the list of contents i.e.