Apps with 'Secure Delete' feature

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  1. PeaZip icon
     656 likes

    PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects, for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    PeaZip
    Archive creation
    Archive extraction
    +4
    PeaZip on macOS
    97 alternatives
    4.0
    Very Good45 reviews
  2. Eraser icon
     155 likes

    Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Eraser screenshot 1
    Eraser screenshot 1
    47 alternatives
    3.6
    Good7 reviews
  3. Dariks Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DBAN Installer
    34 alternatives
  4. This program offers the possibility to finally delete files and/or folders (no recovery possible). The program also can overwrite the free space on a drive, which means, that already deleted files cannot be restored, too.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Alternate File Shredder screenshot 1
    Alternate File Shredder screenshot 1
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    Alternate File Shredder screenshot 3
    41 alternatives
  5. HDShredder icon
     8 likes

    HDShredder by Miray Software deletes entire hard disks, partitions or other storage media securely and according to international standards if desired. Safely recycle your hard drive!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    HDShredder screenshot 1
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    +1
    HDShredder screenshot 3
    51 alternatives
  6. DIY software for permanent file wiping and data security, removes sensitive files, browsing history, and app traces from multiple storage devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Stellar File Eraser screenshot 1
    37 alternatives
  7. R-Wipe & Clean is a complete R-Tools solution to erase useless files on your computer, prevent identity theft, and maintain computer privacy. Using this program, you can erase files and folders using fast, secure wiping algorithms, clean your computer from various...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    R-Wipe & Clean screenshot 1
    R-Wipe & Clean screenshot 1
    95 alternatives
  8. O&O SafeErase icon
     3 likes

    O&O SafeErase is a security software designed to provide comprehensive protection against unauthorized access to any confidential data you wish to erase. It is capable of permanently deleting a range of data types, from outdated financial information and email archives to...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    O&O SafeErase screenshot 1
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    +2
    O&O SafeErase screenshot 3
    36 alternatives
  9. CleanMyPC icon
     9 likes

    CleanMyPC is a dozen tools in one for a cleaner and safer PC. It scans your whole system to clean up junk files and speed up your computer. Uninstall apps the right way, remove annoying apps sitting in your Autorun, protect online privacy, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    +6
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    159 alternatives
  10.  6 likes

    ABAN is a boot CD/USB stick for easily and securely wiping all the disks in a machine. Boot disks are available for both 32-bit and 64-bit machines. As a boot disk, it doesn't care what OS is on the machine (or if there is any OS at all).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Disk wipe in progress
    Disk wipe done
    ABAN boot screen
  11. iShredder icon
     1 like

    Utilizes certified erasure standards to destroy files, folders, contacts, and messages while securely wiping storage, generating erasure reports, and protecting access.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    iShredder screenshot 1
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    +1
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    14 alternatives
  12. OW Shredder icon
     1 like

    OW Shredder is a powerful security tool, that allows you to completely erase sensitive data from your computer. Individual files, free disk space, and entire volumes get erased securely. In addition OW Shredder offers various tools to scan, analyze, and wipe; other traces that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
    Tools - Disk Analyzer
    Tools - Cluster Analyzer
    +1
    Settings
    19 alternatives
  13.  8 likes

    SDelete, short for Secure Delete, is a command-line based data destruction tool and can be run from the Command Prompt in Windows 7, Vista, or XP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Help Screen
    Erase Subdirectories with Multiple Passes
    Wiping Free Space
    43 alternatives
  14.  1 like

    shred is a command on Unix-like operating systems that can be used to securely delete files and devices so that it is extremely difficult to recover them, even with specialized hardware and technology; assuming recovery is possible at all, which is not always the case.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Linux
    1 alternatives
  15. The working with the computer and the browsing in the internet leave numerous digital traces on the disk. The normal functions of the operating system don’t delete these traces completely. In order to delete the data really, the abylon SHREDDER overwrites the files, internet...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main UI
    Cleanup Drive(s)
    Wipe Temporary File(s)
    34 alternatives
  16. Active@ Kill Disk is disk eraser software for secure formatting of hard drives without any possibility of following data recovery.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Active@ KillDisk screenshot 1
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    41 alternatives
  17. BCWipe icon
     5 likes

    BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete files selectively so that they can never be recovered or undeleted. BCWipe embeds itself within Windows and can be activated from the Explorer FILE Menu OR from the context (right-click) menu OR from BCWipe Task...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    BCWipe screenshot 1
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    +1
    BCWipe screenshot 3
    38 alternatives
  18. UndeleteMyFiles is a quick and easy way to find and recover deleted media and digital devices.It employs a simplified two-step process that enables you recover any files that used to reside on your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SeriousBit UndeleteMyFiles Pro screenshot 1
    137 alternatives
  19. With Context-Shredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann. Users can create deletion tasks, overwrite available free space or destroy disk drives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Context-Shredder screenshot 1
    Context-Shredder screenshot 1
    35 alternatives
  20.  1 like

    ErAce is software that will over write the hard drive 1-100 times. So it fullfills the strictest security standards i.e. DOD 5220.22-M. In that way it is impossible to recover data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    ErAce screenshot 1
    36 alternatives
  21. File Shredder icon
     10 likes

    File Shredder is a FREE and powerful application to shred and permanently remove unwanted files from your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main UI
    34 alternatives