How to Hide Any Files In Pictures
Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video. You can stop prying eyes snooping around in your confidential files. You can actually hide any type of file inside of an image file, including txt, exe, mp3, avi, or whatever else. Not only that, you can actually store many files inside of single picture file, not just one!
How to Hide Any File in an Image File
1. Choose the file or files that you want to hide.
2. Compress the selected file or files into a ZIP archive folder. You can right-click on the file or files, choose Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.
3. Once you have place the files inside ZIP archive, your next step will be to choose the image file you will use to hide the compressed ZIP archive folder.
4. Place the compressed ZIP archive folder and the image in the same folder.
5. Take note of the compressed ZIP archive folder name and the selected image file name.
6. Open the Command Prompt by clicking Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt. In Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 simply hold down the
+ X keys and select the option “Command Prompt” from the menu.
7. With the Command Prompt open, change the directory to the folder where ZIP archive folder and image file is stored by typing following command.
Replace the C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Confidential folder path with the path and name of the folder where ZIP archive folder and image file is stored.
8. Type following example command.
Replace the image_file_name with the image name you have selected to hide the ZIP archive.
Replace the filename_of_zipped_folder with the ZIP archive folder name.
Now you have a picture that has files hidden inside it.
The image file can still be opened with any image viewer program.
How to Extract the Hidden Files
To extract the files you place in the image file, open up your compression software like 7-zip and select the picture with the files inside it and extract them. A new folder will be created with the same name as the picture, and it will contain the files you have hidden.
How to Hide Any File in an Image File
1. Choose the file or files that you want to hide.
2. Compress the selected file or files into a ZIP archive folder. You can right-click on the file or files, choose Send to, and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.
3. Once you have place the files inside ZIP archive, your next step will be to choose the image file you will use to hide the compressed ZIP archive folder.
4. Place the compressed ZIP archive folder and the image in the same folder.
5. Take note of the compressed ZIP archive folder name and the selected image file name.
6. Open the Command Prompt by clicking Start Menu --> All Programs --> Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt. In Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 simply hold down the
+ X keys and select the option “Command Prompt” from the menu. 7. With the Command Prompt open, change the directory to the folder where ZIP archive folder and image file is stored by typing following command.
Code:
Cd C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Confidential Replace the C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\Confidential folder path with the path and name of the folder where ZIP archive folder and image file is stored.
8. Type following example command.
Code:
copy/b image_file_name + filename_of_zipped_folderReplace the image_file_name with the image name you have selected to hide the ZIP archive.
Replace the filename_of_zipped_folder with the ZIP archive folder name.
Now you have a picture that has files hidden inside it.
The image file can still be opened with any image viewer program.
How to Extract the Hidden Files
To extract the files you place in the image file, open up your compression software like 7-zip and select the picture with the files inside it and extract them. A new folder will be created with the same name as the picture, and it will contain the files you have hidden.