# How To Create Unnamed/Nameless Files And Folders In Windows!

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**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** tools, tips-tricks, file-management\
**Created:** [August 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-create-unnamed-nameless-files-and-folders-in-windows/54630 "2019-08-24T18:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-create-unnamed-nameless-files-and-folders-in-windows/54630/1 "2019-08-24T18:20:15Z")

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Creating an unnamed file or folder in Windows is not a simple task. Even if you put a space instead of the name, you will not be able to do the task. Here I am going to present a trick on how create a nameless file or folder and how you can make a previously present file or folder nameless.

**Creating a new Nameless file or folder:**

1. Right click anywhere (which is not an icon or button) and then select _New_ . Now select the folder or type of file you want to create.

 ![1](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/a/8/a8891a15d41e8dea170c47f6a3bec349dbceabb8.png)

1. A new file or folder will appear depending on what you selected in the previous step.

 ![2](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/2/b/2b3b400446c7a47e9ccfa74a19b8555d858ecae6.png)

1. Now hold down alt key and type 255 on your numeric keypad. Release the alt key.

 ![3](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/d/2/d2e043a1fc2c7ac4ec88564e1b76570d4e483b7e.png)

1. Press enter. The file/folder will now have a blank name.

 ![4](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/5/1/5160ac1d713d34494f58f8a70847af6732331871.png)

**Making an existing file/folder nameless:**

1. Right click the file/folder you ant to make nameless and select _Rename_ from the drop down menu. You can also select a file/folder and press F2 on your keyboard.

 ![5](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/6/a/6a34982366bdfbe0cf632c0da7217b4edf738ff7.png)

1. The file/folder will be ready for renaming. Erase any text in the name box. You can do it by pressing the backspace key or the delete key on your keyboard.

 ![6](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/7/0/70c1425aefd76e2b15883b0dfe7711d9efbf3c9f.png)

1. Now hold down alt key and type 255 on your numeric keypad. Release the alt key.

 ![7](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/e/d/ed0d669ecb96771805dc15d0e4be363a9ac7d6c2.png)

1. Press enter. The file/folder will now have a blank name.

 ![8](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/a/d/ad96034f13bcf72e5e0e410d2505dee5b5fd32ba.png)

**Note 1:** In the step 3, you will have to type 255 on the numeric keypad, not the numbers that are present above qwerty.

**Note 2:** If you have to create more than one blank named files or folders in the same directory, you can press the Alt + 255 two times for the second one, three times for the third one and so on,while renaming the file or folder.

## ENJOY & HAPPY LEARNING! 😊

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**Author:** ![Maxwell\_John](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/maxwell_john/32/22781_2.png) [@Maxwell\_John](https://onehack.st/u/Maxwell_John)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-create-unnamed-nameless-files-and-folders-in-windows/54630/2 "2019-08-24T19:15:48Z")

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Good one 👍  
**Thanks bro**

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**Author:** ![Mwiya\_M.E](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/mwiya_m.e/32/22654_2.png) [@Mwiya\_M.E](https://onehack.st/u/Mwiya_M.E)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-to-create-unnamed-nameless-files-and-folders-in-windows/54630/3 "2019-08-26T21:10:33Z")

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Nice It works