Top 15 Easy File Locker Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Easy File Locker is a pretty small file at 224KB and will do exactly what it says. It will let you protect a file or folder from being seen or accessed by anyone on your system. This is a light-weight program that does not slow down your system and even continues working if the machine is booted in safe mode. It does not require the application to be running for the security to work and it can be password-protected as well.

1. WinMend Folder Hidden

WinMend Folder Hidden WinMend Folder Hidden is a free file/folder hiding tool. While ensuring the absolute system safety, this application can quickly hide files and folders on local partitions and/or on removable devices. The hidden files/folders will be safely hidden whether the drive is accessed in another operating system on the same computer......

2. File Locker Shell For NTFS

File Locker Shell For NTFS Lock file/folder on NTFS to prevent file/folder from misdeleting......

3. Safeplicity

Safeplicity Do you have sensitive files you would like to password-protect but don’t know how? With Safeplicity, you can password-protect AND encrypt all your confidential files in just a few clicks, without any IT skills whatsoever. To protect a folder, you simply right-click on it, choose “Protect with Password” and choose......

4. Privacy Optimizer

Privacy Optimizer This powerful tool suite will allow you to change your System default privacy settings, and allows you to easily and quickly hide your IP via the integrated proxy manager. Privacy Optimizer also includes a free privacy optimized web browser that more readily fulfills the need to be anonymous in both......

5. Folder Guard

Folder Guard Folder Guard is powerful security software for Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000. You can use it to protect folders with passwords, hide files and folders from other users, restrict access to Control Panel, and more.......

6. Locked Files Wizard

Locked Files Wizard The Locked Files Wizard, formerly known as CopyLock, is an assistant that allows you to either delete, move or rename files or folders used by the system or any other application or process. You can display and possibly stop the processes or services that use executables, folders or dynamic-link......

7. EMCO UnLock IT

EMCO UnLock IT A neat free utility that helps you to take control of any file or folder when it is locked by some application or system. For every locked resource, you get a list of locking processes and can unlock it by terminating those processes. EMCO Unlock IT offers Windows Explorer integration......

8. Delete FXP Files

Delete FXP Files Delete FXP Files is an application that provides you with a GUI you can use to easily delete stubborn directories and filenames. Many times, these kinds of files/directories are the direct result of getting "tagged", which can happen if your system is exposed to the Internet. This usually results in......

9. qtFM

qtFM qtFM is a small, lightweight file manager for Linux desktops based on pure Qt and works great with minimal desktop environments like Openbox.Features:- lightweight, pure Qt, no kde libraries or other dependencies- full theme and mime filetype icon integration- tree, bookmarks, list, icon, detail and thumbnail views- customizable interface, rearrange......

10. File & Folder Unlocker

File & Folder Unlocker File & Folder Unlocker is a powerful yet easy-to-use system utility that gives you complete control over the locked files and folders on your computer. Like our other free utilities, File & Folder Unlocker is free for both commercial and non-commercial use.......

11. Hider

Hider Your data. Protected.Hider 2 is the Fort Knox of digital storage. Anything and everything you hide with Hider 2 is tightly locked up and hidden, making it ultra-secure.Everything in its place.Organization is key when it comes to hiding and keeping track of files. Hider 2 helps you sort out your......

12. RAR Password Unlocker

RAR Password Unlocker RAR Password Unlocker is professional RAR/WinRAR password recovery software, which can crack RAR/WinRAR password and extract the encrypted RAR files within seconds.......

13. IObit Unlocker

IObit Unlocker Solution for "cannot delete" problems on WindowsOften when we try to delete a file or folder in Windows, we see annoying messages such as "Cannot delete file: Access is denied;" "Cannot delete folder: It is being used by another person or program" "There has been a sharing violation;" "The......

14. WWPack32

WWPack32 WWPack32 - Windows executable files compressor and protector. Compressed exe and dll files run exactly as before!. This program squeezes exe files and protects Win32 applications from cracking.......

15. Unlocker

Unlocker [Be careful during the installation: Forum ]Get rid of error message like Error deleting or renaming file or folder, cannot delete folder: its being used by another person or program Unlocker application was designed to be a very useful Windows Explorer extension allowing users with a simple right-click......