And if multiple users are using your computer, you might want to safeguard your files. Hence, you may ask how to lock a file or folder in Windows 11/10.

Users can take advantage of the cryptographic protection offered by GPG to secure files and data that they want to keep well under wraps.

Easy File Locker is a light-weight and easy-to-use file lock software product for Windows 11/10. It can protect your private files and folders too.

Google now lets you prevent others from copying, downloading or printing out one of your Google Drive files. Here's how to do so.

If you do not want users on a computer to be able to have the Lock option when they enter the Ctrl+Alt+Delete keyboard combination, you can disable it via a policy in the Group Policy Editor or ...