How to PROTECT A RAR File With Password

Protecting a RAR file with a password is something that every user should know, since it allows us to send compressed and password-encrypted files . In this way we will be able to ensure the total confidentiality of a file between sender and receiver , unless obviously the receiver reveals the password or a third party uses tools to open a rar file with a password without knowing it . That is why, today in MrAppsGeek you will learn how to add a password to RAR easily and quickly .

How to put password for RAR?

Well, the first thing we must do is download RAR for free , we can do it from its official website from the following link .

Compress RAR File With Password Easy and Fast

Once installed we will open the tool and do the following:

  1. We choose the file or folder which we want to compress with encryption .
  2. We click on “Add” .

Put a password to a folder with WinRar

This procedure is valid for both a file and a folder . Once selected, we will click on the section that says “Set Password “.

Enter password

Here we must do the following:

  1. We put the password that will encrypt the RAR file .
  2. We confirm the password .
  3. We click on “Accept” .

And voila, when someone tries to unzip the file, it will always ask for the password.

There is also the possibility that you want to put a password to a RAR file already created below we will explain how to do it easily .

How to Put a Password to an Already Existing RAR File Easy and Fast

If you want to put a password to an already compressed RAR file, you should know that it is a very fast procedure. All you have to do is follow these steps:

  1. Select the “Tools” tab from the menu .
  2. Within tools we click on “Convert Files” .
  3. We point to the RAR file that we want to encrypt and click on “Convert Files” .

We select the type of format (in this case RAR) and click on the “Compression” tab , as in the photo.

We click where it says “Set Password” .

  1. We put the password to the RAR file .
  2. We confirm the password .
  3. We click on “Accept” .

It will start converting the already created RAR file by adding a new password to it.

And voila, we already know how to add a password to an already compressed Winrar file . If this tutorial has been useful to you, I would really appreciate it if you share it with your social networks. Please, that would help me a lot to reach more people…