You may delete some files mistakenly, but they are important. If you want to prevent files being deleted, you can make them undeletable. This post shows 2 ways to how to make files undeletable. If you have deleted files by accident, you can use MiniTool software to recover them.

Some users say that they often delete files by accident, and those files are important. To recover these deleted files is troublesome. So, they ask whether there is a way to prevent files from being deleted.

Of course, the answer is positive. You can make files undeletable. In this post, we will walk you through how to make a file undeletable.

Just keep on your reading to know how to make files undeletable Windows 10.

How to Make Undeletable Files Windows 10?

The first way to make undeletable files is to modify the security permissions of this folder. To deny someone’s permission, the file or folder cannot be deleted easily.

Now, here is the tutorial.

Step 1: Right-click the file or folder you want to change the permission to choose Properties.

Step 2: In the pop-up window, go to the Security tab. Then click Edit… to change permissions.

click Edit to continue

Step 3: In the pop-up window, click Add… and enter Everyone. Then click OK to continue.

choose Add to continue

Step 4: Select Everyone under the Group or user names section and change the full control to Deny. Then click OK to continue.

change the full control to deny

Then a confirmation message will pop-up and click Yes to continue. After you have finished all the steps, the folder or the file will become undeletable.

Note: You can also change the permission for Everyone to full access the files or folders.
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How to Prevert Data Loss?

As is well known, the files can be deleted easily. To recover them is always expensive and time-consuming. So it is a good habit to back up important files and folders regularly since it is an effective way to keep data safe.

Thus, to back up files and folder regularly and easily, you can use a piece of professional backup software. Here, MiniTool ShadowMaker is strongly recommended.

It can back up files and folders on a regular basis. So if you delete a file or folder by accident, you can also restore it from the backup image.

It is also easy to operate, just requiring a few steps.

Step 1: Launch MiniTool ShadowMaker, click Keep Trial, and then click Connect in This Computer to continue.

Step 2: Go to Backup page, click Source and Destination modules to select backup source and destination, and then click Back up Now to back up files.

back up files

When all steps are finished, you successfully back up files to keep them safe. You can also read the post: How to Backup Files on Windows 10? Try These Top 4 Ways to know more files to keep data safe.

MiniTool ShadowMaker also enables you to back up files on a regular basis with the Schedule settings.

If you have deleted files by accident, click here to know how to recover them.

Final Words

To sum up, this post has introduced how to make a folder undeletable in Windows 10. If you don’t want other people to make changes on the folder or files, modify the permission firstly. And a useful suggestion for keeping data safe is to back up files regularly.

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