Where it says “Custom error text”, write in an error message such as “No, please try again”.

(For the purposes of this tutorial, I’m making the password Happy2019.)

Where it says “Text” to the right of “Contains”, write in any password you want.

Where it says “Contains” don’t do anything (leave that setting as is).

Where it says “Number” click on the down arrow and choose “Text” from the drop down menu.

Click on the three little dots next to where it says “Required” and then click on “Response validation”.

Where it says “Required” make sure it’s turned on (the circle should be on the right side and the color should be purple – click on the right side if needed).

Make sure it says “Short answer” in a box next to your question.

Click where it says “Untitled Question” and write “What is the password?”.

Click where it says “Form description” to write a description – you can skip this step if you want.

Click where it says “Untitled form” to title your form.

Click on the big plus sign at the top left hand corner under where it says “Start a new form”.

Make sure it says “Anyone with the link can view” (if you don’t want people to be able to edit anything).

Click on “Get shareable link” – this will both create a shareable link as well as copy it to your clipboard.

Right click the folder you want to password protect.

Here’s how we’ll get a link to the folder: Then, we’ll create a form that asks for the password and then gives a link to the folder.įInally, we can share the form and the password to anyone who should have access to the folder.

If you want to make a particular file or document password protected, you can go through the exact same steps. Note: We’re going to make a folder password protected using Google Forms & Google Drive. While there is no direct way to password protect a file or folder in Google Drive, you can definitely still do it! We’ll walk you through the steps in this tutorial. Let’s say you want to share a file or a folder you have in your Google Drive – but you want to control who has access to it.

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