Hidden file and hidden directory

Hidden file system object - object in a filesystem marked to not be displayed by default. Article "Hidden file and hidden directory" in English Wikipedia has 34.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 10 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Hidden file and hidden directory", its content was written by 93 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 205 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 103 times in English Wikipedia and cited 191 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17890 in August 2014
• Global: #1123 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #161353 in November 2014
• Global: #253112 in March 2015

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		34.5066
2	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		25.5524
3	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		23.0596
4	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		19.2472
5	German (de) Versteckte Datei		18.0275
6	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		15.7225
7	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		8.3445
8	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		3.8438
9	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		2.6479

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Hidden file and hidden directory" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		649 757
2	German (de) Versteckte Datei		47 570
3	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		41 998
4	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		37 114
5	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		18 618
6	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		9 654
7	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		5 293
8	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		4 721
9	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		675

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Hidden file and hidden directory" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		2 223
2	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		67
3	German (de) Versteckte Datei		59
4	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		49
5	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		41
6	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		25
7	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		24
8	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		21
9	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Hidden file and hidden directory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		93
2	German (de) Versteckte Datei		34
3	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		20
4	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		18
5	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		16
6	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		8
7	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		7
8	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		5
9	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Hidden file and hidden directory" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		2
2	German (de) Versteckte Datei		1
3	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		0
4	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		0
5	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		0
6	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		0
7	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		0
8	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		0
9	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Hidden file and hidden directory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Hidden file and hidden directory		103
2	Arabic (ar) ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي		39
3	German (de) Versteckte Datei		18
4	French (fr) Fichier et répertoire caché		11
5	Chinese (zh) 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄		9
6	Dutch (nl) Verborgen bestand		4
7	Polish (pl) Plik ukryty		4
8	Norwegian (no) Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper		2
9	Indonesian (id) Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic ملف مخفي ومجلد مخفي
de	German Versteckte Datei
en	English Hidden file and hidden directory
fr	French Fichier et répertoire caché
id	Indonesian Berkas dan direktori tersembunyi
nl	Dutch Verborgen bestand
no	Norwegian Skjulte filer og skjulte mapper
pl	Polish Plik ukryty
zh	Chinese 隱藏檔案或隱藏目錄

Best Rank

English: #161353 11.2014

Global: #253112 03.2015

Best Rank

English: #17890 08.2014

Global: #1123 01.2003

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