I am going to show you how to password protect a zip file without installing a dedicated tool. In fact, there are dedicated command line tools for this task, but I am not going to talk about those.

There are several ways you can encrypt zip file in Linux.

Create password protected zip file using Nautilus file manager.

Create password protected zip file in Linux command line.

Command line steps are the same for any Linux distribution. I am using Ubuntu in this tutorial but you can use any Linux distribution that uses Nautilus (now called Files) file manager for the graphical part. Today, we’ll see how to create password protected zipped files in Linux, in both command line and graphical way. We have also seen encrypted text editor for Linux. We have seen how to password protect folders in Ubuntu earlier.

Select the first option, 'Encrypt the file and its parent folder' and click OK.Brief: This simple tutorial shows you how to create a password protected zip file in Linux both in command line and graphical way.

It'll ask you if you want to only encrypt the folder or if you want to include the subfolders and files in the folder as well.

Once you do this, a confirmation window will pop up.

Check the option 'Encrypt Contents to Secure Data' at the bottom of Advanced Attributes.The Advanced Attributes dialogue box will appear. Go to the General Tab and click on Advanced in the property settings window.Click on Properties to open up the properties settings of the folder.Navigate to the compressed folder you intend to password protect and right-click on it.Encrypting a ZIP File in Windowsīefore encrypting ZIP files in Windows, compress your files into. Let's take a look at how Windows 10's single system encryption works before discussing password-protecting files using third-party software.

Thus, either you are using Windows 10 Home, or you plan to share the password-protected files on the Internet, you will need to use third-party software or tools to enable encryption.

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