Utilities that Delete Files
When files are deleted (and even emptied from the recycle bin or trash) off your hard drive, they could still potentially be recoverable if someone were to gain access to it. These apps ensure that data is truly wiped from the storage device from whence it came.
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BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk.
Bundleware
Be careful during the installation: Forum
Easy, one-click access to a large array of cleaners and boosters to optimize PC and Android performance.
Command-line utility for Unix and Unix-like operating systems to convert and copy a file.
No screenshots yetEraser 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...
AVG AntiVirus Free provides basic antivirus and antispyware protection for home users. Virus database updated every day. Includes innovative LinkScanner for web-protection.
Permadelete is an easy-to-use and beautiful app for windows that can delete files and folders permanently.
My Commander (MyCO) is "the smallest - smartest - fastest file manager in the world", for Windows.
Bundleware
The installer contains adware and possibly other malware. Be careful during the installation: Forum
SlimCleaner is a freeware PC maintenance program that uses crowd-sourced feedback to make up-to-date optimization recommendations for users.
This program offers the possibility to finally delete files and/or folders (no recovery possible).
Warning
MacKeeper may damage your Mac. The company behind MacKeeper is engaged in shady marketing techniques: http://www.imore.com/avoid-mackeeper
Ensure your Mac's performance with MacKeeper, a system utility for Mac that offers a completely new approach to system care. .
iShredder™, is a secure data erasure technology and wipe the unused disk space securely so that deleted data cannot be recovered.
When you normally delete your files in Mac OS X, the operating system is only forgetting where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the...
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!.
Warning
Overal funcionality is questionlable, since it looks like a bunch of shortcuts for build-in windows tools.
Is a suite of tools for increasing MS Windows operating system performance. WinTools.