How to set and cancel the password for ZIP compressed files?

How to add or remove passwords from ZIP archives? ZIP is a widely used compressed file format that sometimes needs to protect sensitive data. In this article, PHP editor Yuzai will guide you on how to add password protection to ZIP compressed files and how to cancel the password. If you're having trouble protecting or accessing a password-protected ZIP file, read on for detailed instructions.

Set the password for the ZIP file:

If you want to set a password for the ZIP compressed package, you need to use decompression software that supports the ZIP format, such as WinRAR, 7Z and other software for compressed files. time, you can set a password at the same time.

Taking WinRAR as an example, first, select the file or folder that needs to be compressed, right-click the mouse and select [Add to compressed file] in the WinRAR list;

After opening the [Compressed File Name and Parameters] dialog box, select the "ZIP" format in the [Compressed File Format] column, and then click [Set Password];

After opening the [Enter Password] dialog box, enter the password you want to set in the password field, and then click [OK]. The file will be compressed successfully and will have a password.

The compressed package can still be opened by double-clicking it later, but when you click on the file inside, a dialog box will appear, and you need to enter the originally set password to view the file.

Cancel the password of the ZIP file:

If you want to cancel the password of the ZIP compressed package, you can use the following 3 methods.

Choose according to different situations. If you remember the password and want to cancel the password, that is, you do not want to have to do the "enter password" step every time you open the file in the compressed package, choose method 1 or method 2. ; If you accidentally forgot your password and want to cancel it, choose method 3.

Method 1:

Directly decompress the ZIP compressed file, and then recompress it into a compressed package without a password. Or use decompression software with "cancel password" related functions, such as Haozhi.

First, open the ZIP archive through decompression software, then click [Password] in the menu tab. After opening the dialog box, click the [Clear existing password] option;

After the dialog box pops up again, enter the originally set password in the password field, and then click [OK]. The originally set password for the ZIP compression package will be cancelled.

Method 2:

We can also cancel the password of the ZIP compressed package through "Windows Explorer".

First select the ZIP compressed package, then right-click the mouse and select [Windows Explorer] in the [Open with] list;

After opening the folder, right-click on the blank area and select [Delete Password];

After the [Password Required] dialog box pops up, enter the originally set password in the password field. After clicking [OK], the password will be removed from the files in the ZIP compressed package and saved as a new file in this file. Clamped.

That is, you will see duplicate files in the opened folder, and the duplicate files are the files with the password cancelled.

Method 3:

If you accidentally forget the password of the ZIP compressed package, you cannot use method 1 or 2, and the decompression software cannot directly remove the forgotten password. , but we can solve this problem with the help of other tools.

For example, the Pepsi Niu ZIP password recovery tool used by the editor provides 4 retrieval methods, which can help us retrieve the password of the ZIP compressed package.

Just import the ZIP compressed package into the tool, then select the appropriate method and follow the prompts.

Finally wait for the password to be retrieved.

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