How To Hide Text In Notepad

Trick To Hide Text In Notepad

Step 1

  Launch the command prompt. Go to Run and Type cmd and hit Enter.

or

1. Click Start menu button 
2. Click All Programs >Accessories >Command Prompt.

Step 2

  Type cd.. to move to C:\> drive or If you want to create file in desktop, type cd desktop and press Enter.

Step 3

  Type the below code in your command prompt
  notepad textfile.txt:hidden and press Enter.

  A new notepad will open and ask whether to create a new file or not. Click Yes and a new file is created.

Step 4

  Write the data you want to hide. Next Save (Ctrl+S) the file and close the notepad.

Step 5

  Browse to the file location and Open textfile.txt you cannot see any data in the file.It should be completely blank

Step 6

  In order to read the hidden content. Open command prompt and type notepad textfile.txt:hidden (same command) and press Enter.

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