How to create a password-protected ZIP file in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step how to create a password-protected ZIP file in Windows 11.
ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or folders.
How to create a password-protected ZIP file in Windows 11 with 7-Zip
- Open your web browser.
- Go to 7-zip.org.
- Download 7-Zip.
- Open the 7-Zip installation file you've just downloaded.
- If a 'User Account Control' window appears, you click on Yes.
- In the next window, you click on Install.
- When the installation is complete, you click on Close.
- You can close your web browser now.
- Open File Explorer.
- Go to the files or folders you want to zip.
- Select the files or folders.
- Right-click on the selected files or folders.
- Click on Show more options.
- Move your mouse cursor (pointer) to 7-Zip.
- Click on Add to archive.
- In the next window, you select zip at Archive format.
- In the Encryption section, you enter the password you want to use for the ZIP file in both password fields.
- At Encryption method, you select AES-256.
- Click on OK at the bottom of the 'Add to Archive' window.
7-Zip will now create the password-protected ZIP file.