Open Source Disk Wipe Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Disk Wipe is Eraser. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Disk Wipe and seven of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Disk Wipe are Darik's Boot and Nuke, Alternate File Shredder, Permadelete and wipe.

Disk Wipe alternatives are mainly File Shredders but may also be Partition Managers or File Recovery Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Disk Wipe.

Disk Wipe

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Disk Wipe is Free, portable Windows application for permanent volume data destruction. With Disk Wipe you can erase all...

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Eraser
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Windows
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46 Eraser alternatives
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 is the most popular Windows alternative to Disk Wipe.
- - Eraser is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Disk Wipe.
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Eraser Features
1. PortableEraser can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Discontinued
Last Update from 2021-10-05Source: https://eraser.heidi.ie/download/
Darik's Boot and Nuke
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Freemium • Open Source
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Windows
Linux
35 Darik's Boot and Nuke alternatives
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...
- - Darik's Boot and Nuke is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Disk Wipe.
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Darik's Boot and Nuke Features
1. PortableDarik's Boot and Nuke can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Portable Linux
Discontinued
DBAN was last updated in June 2015 and does not support SSDs (SATA Secure Erase). The official website is now pushing users to use Blancco Drive Eraser, a commercial drive wiping tool.
Alternate File Shredder
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Windows
42 Alternate File Shredder alternatives
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.
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Permadelete
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Windows
47 Permadelete alternatives
Permadelete is a free and open source file shredder, it deletes your files beyond recovery. It's made to be beautiful and easy to use and yet powerful.
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wipe
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Linux
28 wipe alternatives
wipe is a little command for securely erasing files from magnetic media. It compiles under various unix platforms, including Linux 2. * , (Open, Net, Free)BSD, aix 4.1, SunOS 5.5.1, Solaris 2.6. wipe is released under the GPL.
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Permanent Eraser
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Mac
36 Permanent Eraser alternatives
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 drive. Beginning with Mac OS 10.
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Context-Shredder
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Free • Open Source
File Shredder
Windows
37 Context-Shredder alternatives
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.
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