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  • Oct 23, 2025
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More and more Users are loading a lot of very private or sensitive personal data in a Cloud. If you encrypt them properly, reduce the risk of abuse significantly. We explain in this practical tip on how you can make your Cloud data securely and with little effort to encrypt.

To encrypt Cloud data

There are many ways to encrypt your Cloud data safe. This should make sure you do because many Cloud providers, even Dropbox and Google Drivefailure in the security test. Two ways we will show you in the Following. In the subsequent image gallery illustrate the second method and give tips for a secure data transfer.
Secure encrypted Cloud content

Data in the Cloud with BoxCryptor make sure

With BoxCryptor - encrypt your data with a few clicks. The free Version to CHIP Online you can use, however, only for a Cloud provider and a maximum of two devices.
  • In a further CHIP-to article we show you how to Use install and with little effort your Cloud make sure.
  • BoxCryptor is also available for Mac as well as iOS and Android.

Cloud content archiving software to encrypt

Alternatively, you can protect your data with an archiving Software. To offer the programs 7-Zip, WinZip , and WinRAR to.
  • When the Installation that you want to include the Software in the Explorer, or you can activate in the installation window, the Shell Integration.
  • If you right-click on the files or folders that you want to encrypt to the Cloud, you can select under the menu item "7-Zip", "WinRAR" or "WinZip", select "add To archive...".
  • The archive Software will open and you can set an encryption password. The password-protected archive, you can upload now safely in the Cloud.
  • If you 7-Zip Portable on a USB-Stick with lead, you can from any Windows Computer without Installation files for the Cloud, encrypt, and password-protected files from the Cloud to decrypt.
  • With the App Zip Browser open the encrypted Zip files with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. For Samsung, HTC and co. there is WinZip for Android.
  • Both methods work with Dropbox, mega sync , and all the other Clouds.

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Archiving Software such as 7-Tip, WinRAR and WinZip you can include in the install as a Shell Extension in the Explorer. Then a right click to add files and folders to an archive, you can encrypt it.

Archiving Software such as 7-Tip, WinRAR and WinZip you can include in the install as a Shell Extension in the Explorer. Then a right click to add files and folders to an archive, you can encrypt it.

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