How to Hide Folders in Mac OS X

How to Hide Folders in Mac OS X

Hiding existing folders is fairly easy:

Launch the Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/ or from Launchpad

Type the following command:

chflags hidden /path/to/folder/

When finished, close out of Terminal

For example, to hide a folder in my home directory named “Secrets” the command would be:

chflags hidden ~/Secrets/

Unhiding the Folder in Mac OS X

If you no longer want the folder to be hidden anymore, here’s what to do:

As before, launch the Terminal application

Enter the following command:

chflags nohidden /path/to/folder/

Close the Terminal

As an example, to unhide a folder on the users desktop named “Secret Folder” the command would be:

chflags nohidden ~/Desktop/Secret Folder/