Apps with 'Secure Delete' feature

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  1. PeaZip icon
     627 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.

    • File Archiver
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    PeaZip
    Best alternatives are 7-Zip icon7-ZipandWinRAR iconWinRAR95 alternatives
  2. Eraser icon
     151 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.

    Eraser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are BleachBit iconBleachBitandDiskGenius iconDiskGenius47 alternatives
  3. CleanMyMac icon
     141 likes

    Optimize your Mac with this all-in-one cleaner, removing junk, duplicates, malware, and boosting performance. Free up space and enhance security.

    CleanMyMac screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are CCleaner iconCCleanerandCanta iconCanta45 alternatives
  4. 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...

    DBAN Installer
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandO&O SafeErase iconO&O SafeErase35 alternatives
  5. 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...

    • Mac
    • Windows
    R-Wipe & Clean screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are BleachBit iconBleachBitandCCleaner iconCCleaner86 alternatives
  6. 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.

    Alternate File Shredder screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandDiskGenius iconDiskGenius41 alternatives
  7. DIY software for permanent file wiping and data security, removes sensitive files, browsing history, and app traces from multiple storage devices.

    Stellar File Eraser screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandDiskGenius iconDiskGenius38 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...

    • Windows
    O&O SafeErase screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraser35 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.

    CleanMyPC screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are BleachBit iconBleachBitandCCleaner iconCCleaner165 alternatives
  10. iShredder icon
     1 like

    iShredder™, is a secure data erasure technology and wipe the unused disk space securely so that deleted data cannot be recovered.

    • File Shredder
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    iShredder screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandPermadelete iconPermadelete11 alternatives
  11.  5 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).

    Disk wipe in progress
  12.  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.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • BSD
    • Linux
    Best alternatives are 
    wipe
    1 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.

    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    Help Screen
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandDiskGenius iconDiskGenius45 alternatives
  14. WipeFile icon
     18 likes

    WipeFile erases files and folders secure and fast. WipeFile overwrites the information completely, so there is no way to undelete the files or reconstruct the file content. Supports 14 different wipe methods: Two US Navy standards, the standard of the US Department of Defence, U.

    WipeFile screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraser31 alternatives
  15. Offigneum icon
     1 like

    The world's most powerful file shredding software.

    Offigneum screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Eraser iconEraserandDiskGenius iconDiskGenius43 alternatives