Active@ KillDisk Alternatives

Active@ KillDisk is described as 'Active@ Kill Disk is disk eraser software for secure formatting of hard drives without any possibility of following data recovery' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Active@ KillDisk for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, PortableApps.com and Self-Hosted apps. The best Active@ KillDisk alternative is Eraser, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Active@ KillDisk are DiskGenius, Darik's Boot and Nuke, HDShredder and Alternate File Shredder.

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  1. EraserDrop icon
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    EraserDrop Portable is an easy-to-use secure data removal tool. It is a drop target (a floating icon on your desktop) that you can drop files onto to quickly erase them so they can not be recovered. EraserDrop does away with the standard .

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    Command-line tool for securely erasing files from magnetic media with multiple overwrites, open source under GPL, supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, and more, no graphical interface, precompiled for many distributions, for secure data removal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    HDD Wipe Tool is a freeware utility for low-level hard disk drive erasing.

    Supported interfaces: S-ATA (SATA), IDE (E-IDE), SCSI, USB, FIREWIRE. Big drives (LBA-48) are supported. Supported Manufacturers: Maxtor, Hitachi, Seagate, Samsung, Toshiba, Fujitsu, IBM, Quantum, Wester.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Zer0 icon
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    Zer0 is a user friendly file deletion tool with a high level of security. With Zer0, you'll be able to delete files and to prevent file recovery by a 3rd person.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    East-tec Eraser keeps your PC clean and your data private. It improves performance by removing junk files and protects your privacy by securely erasing internet and computer activity traces.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Provides secure deletion and shredding of files and folders using advanced algorithms, wipes entire hard drives and external devices, prevents data recovery, erases files from USB and SD cards, and offers multiple shredding methods to protect sensitive data on Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Do you have the need to destroy and shred your most secretive, sensitive, or private files without a trace?...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Bootable tool permanently erases hard drives, partitions, and external storage using leading government and industry-standard algorithms, supports network multi-device wiping, enables centralized reports, and produces tamper-proof audit certificates for compliance.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Because it's been deleted from your hard drive, doesn't mean it's gone forever. As long as the information was not overwritten, anyone can restore it at any time. It gets even more complicated, if a computer has been resold or given away.

    17 Secure Eraser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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 is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Active@ KillDisk.

    • ErAce is Free and ProprietaryActive@ KillDisk is Freemium and Proprietary
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    When you delete data or format a drive you assume the files, pictures, email or documents no longer exist on your computer. But your private data still exists, and it only takes basic knowledge of PCs to find it. For total security, you need DriveScrubber power. Permanently erase.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Erase tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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