Windows only: Freeware shell extension DeleteOnClick adds a Securely Delete entry to your Windows Explorer right-click menu so you can securely wipe files from your hard drive. How securely, you ask?

Thinking a deleted file is truly gone is wishful thinking — but Windows’ sDelete tool can wipe it permanently and make it impossible to recover.

This could be a problem for those who intend to delete confidential data permanently. The deletion tools which delete data in a manner that cannot be recovered are called secure delete software ...

Rommel asked the Utilities forum for advice on cleaning files off a hard drive so that they can never be restored. When you delete a file, it doesn’t actually go away–even after you’ve emptied the ...

MIAMI, May 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With military grade security the iShredder Android app is the #1 app and most popular data eraser. Using certified deletion algorithms, iShredder securely deletes ...

When you delete a file, you're not really removing the information. Two free programs--Eraser and SDelete--take very different approaches to secure file deletion. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about ...

It makes sense to reuse, recycle, give away or sell on fully functional phones and computers when you’ve upgraded to the next model. Unfortunately, unethical chancers can, have and will data-mine ...

I have a WD Sharespace 4TB Drive, which I just sold. I want to securely erase all files but I can't seem to be able to use any of my secure erase tools to delete it or format it. It's connected ...

Your personal data—be it financial spreadsheets or web searches—is not something you want to be leaving behind for other people to find, and totally wiping your activity off devices or the web takes a ...

Reader Steve Carter would like his deleted files to be really, really gone. He writes: How do you delete a file completely and forever? I thought the original still remains on the hard drive until it ...

Reader Steve Carter would like his deleted files to be really, really gone. He writes: How do you delete a file completely and forever? I thought the original still remains on the hard drive until it ...