The title seems kind of weird and interesting but its definitely possible. You can easily hide important files inside a picture such that the file becomes totally impossible to trace. This Windows trick is not a new one and probably most of you would already know about it but for those who don’t, it can come of great use anytime.
The file you want to save inside a picture can be of any extension e.g. exe, txt, mp3, avi or any other. This is probably the most secure way of hiding your private files in case you share your computer with your family members and you don’t want them to get a peek of your hidden files.
You will be needing WinRAR to perform this trick but as it is one of the world’s most commonly used software so I would assume that everyone reading this tutorial has got it already.
Here is how it goes:
- Open C: Drive and make a folder in it e.g. “sizlopedia”. Put both the files i.e. the file that you want to hide and the image inside which you want to hide the file into this folder
- Select both the files and make a compressed RAR archive e.g. “secret.rar” out of them
- Open Run and type in “cmd” to open the Command Prompt. Now type “cd..” and press enter and repeat this once again. Type “cd sizlopedia” to open the folder (where “sizlopedia” is the folder that I am using in this tutorial)
- Type the command “copy /b maria.jpg + secret.rar safe.jpg” and press enter
- Thw new picture safe.jpg is now the nested Picture file which has the hidden file saved inside it. Change its extension from .jpg to .rar anytime to access or extract the hidden file
Definitely cool and amazing trick.
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How to get back the hidden file?
You put the picture in an archive then extract the files anywhere. The folder you extracted the picture with the hidden file will have the file in there
Nice trick DJ, I imagine that it will be useful to some of us out there.
Really amazing buddy . Good way to hide important files.
I think this trick only work for WinRAR, right? I try to use Winzip or Tugzip, but it can’t work.
How to retrieve the hidden file?
This is somethin really cool. I had posted about hiding text in images in my site few days back. But files in images is something really awesome!
You don’t need to create the archive out of both files (image + the document you want to hide). Just tried it, and this trick works even if the RAR contains only your secret file.
Great tip, though
How to retreat the hidden file?
Guys please read the 5th step again as it clearly tells you how to retreat the file.
Just change the extension of the image from .jpg to .rar anytime and you can extract the hidden file from it. I hope you understand now?
Interesting. It is also useful to send confidential files through internet.
This works with .7z’s.
Thanks this is a useful trick
Is there any other way I can hide the text file without using the command prompt?
I read it twice really carefully and I still can’t retreive the file. I tried both “raname .jpg .rar in cmd prompt and in normal windows with extensins displayed and it says that it’s corrupted/damaged when I try to open the archive.
Where can I get this software? What is it called? Can someone please provide me with some details? Thanks!
to get back ur files just rename it .rar an the rar version will appear
Dear Tod,
All you need is a windows system, download RAR file compression software and that’s it everything else is already built in. Then fallow the instructions above. Its that easy!
Aki do you have RAR software installed??? that maybe be problem
for anyone who doesnt get it:
you can do this with ANY files, even if there is more than two, and even if the are not jpg. All this does is make a rar archive ‘inside’ another file. also, instead of changing the extension to .rar, you can just open the file with winrar.
I was unable to extract the files when using RAR as the archive format, but was able to do so using ZIP as the format.
Thats really cool trick, i liked it a lot, thanks.
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Awesome, this has really helped
Awesome, this has really helped
how to change extention
In Vista, go to my computer, and click on “Organize” in the top navpane, and select “Folder and Search Options”.
Click on the “view” tab, and uncheck the “Hide extensions for known file types” box.
Your filenames should now display the extension, which can be changed by renaming the file.
this is great ha, i never wonder anything like this. you have done a great job yar.
thank you for let me know about this.
nice one but if i want to write a program which do this things by it self how can i do it in java lanvage can you send me a code thankhs
nice one but if i want to write a program which do this things by it self how can i do it in java lanvage can you send me a code thankhs
how to retrieve my audio file??
how to retrieve my audio file??
see yar its so easy..rigt clk on d file so created while copying and den select properties in general choose change, in change select winrar thn fresh OK..nw on opening d image,it'll be open with the files present insude
Actually, you can use other formats like zip instead of RAR. I also perfer to hide files inside of movies, because it looks a little suspicious to have a picture more than 3mb in size XD
also, simply opening the file in 7zip without renaming it will allow you to view contents
Is this work only in the drive where OS is installed?