Create an Invisible Folder on Windows 10

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   The first thing that we need to do is right-click on an empty space on the desktop

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   Hover your mouse over "New", and click on "Folder" on the new menu that appears

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   We need to name the folder, but simply clicking on the space bar won't help here

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   Press and hold the 'Alt' key. Then press "0, 1, 6, 0". Let go of 'Alt'. The name of the folder will be blank.

   

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   Next, we need to change the icon

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   To do this, we need to right-click the folder and go to "Properties".

   

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   Go to the "Customize" tab and click "Change Icon"

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   Now, we need to select a blank icon

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   In this case, there are several blank icons here. We can choose one of them.

   

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   Click on "OK", then click on "OK" once more

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   Once it is done, the folder will disappear.

   

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   To find it, we can move the mouse cursor, and it will blink when it passes over the folder

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   We could also select everything on the screen, by clicking, holding, and dragging the selection box.

   

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   This concludes our tutorial on how to create an invisible folder on Windows 10 computers

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Problem in renaming the folder Its showing the previous name of the folder?

I pressed and hold Alt and type 0160 but it its not working . I am renaming the folder as you told it by pressing and holding the Alt key and typing 0 1 6 0 but its not working in my Windows 10. I have tried: I have typed the process as you told many times. But still its not working my my windows 10. I think it was caused by: I don't know the problem. I don't have any idea or any clue about this problem. I have tried my best.

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