On Windows 11, you can follow these steps to create a password-protected folder using the built-in virtual hard disk technology and BitLocker.

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Knowing how to password protect a folder in Windows 10 allows you a degree of protection from the people you share your computer with — or from someone stealing your hard drive.

Some applications have password protection features built in, while in other cases you'll need to lock up your files using a different method.

On Windows 10, you can leverage storage virtualization and BitLocker to password-protect folders and files, and in this guide, I'll show you how.