How to Hide & Unhide Folders on Mac in 2 minutes

Опубликовано: 18 Август 2026
на канале: Golam Dostogir
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Sometimes you may want to hide some folders or files so no one can get access or find those folders. People often find it hard to make folders or files hidden on mac but in this tutorial within 2 minutes you will learn how to hide or unhide any folders or files on mac OS.

You need not to use any third party Software/Applications.

Step-1: Open your Terminal

Step-2: Type "chflags hidden FolderLocation" and press return/enter
-You can simply drag and drop to get the folder location inside terminal.

Step-3: To unhide the folder you need to type "chflags nohidden FolderLocation" and press return/enter

**You should store the hidden folder location on a text files so you don't forget where your file or folder was located.Otherwise it is possible to lost your file forever.