Eraser Good alternative? YES NO

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...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

Darik's Boot and Nuke Alternative? YES NO

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...

Freemium Mac Windows 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.

Permadelete Good alternative? YES NO

Permadelete is an easy-to-use and beautiful app for windows that can delete files and folders permanently.

Free Open Source Windows

WipeFile Good alternative? YES NO

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...

Free Windows

Active@ KillDisk Good alternative? YES NO

Active@ Kill Disk is disk eraser software for secure formatting of hard drives without any possibility of following data recovery.

Free Windows

HDShredder Good alternative? YES NO

HDShredder by Miray Software deletes entire hard disks, partitions or other storage media securely and according to international standards if desired. Safely recycle...

Freemium Windows

SDelete Good alternative? YES NO

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.

Free Windows

EraserDrop Good alternative? YES NO

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...

Free Personal Windows PortableApps.com

xShredder Good alternative? YES NO

With xShredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann 35 times.

Free Open Source Windows

• Discontinued Development focus moved to http://alternativeto.net/software/context-shredder/

wipe Good alternative? YES NO

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...

Free Open Source Linux

BCWipe Good alternative? YES NO

BCWipe data wiping software enables you to permanently delete files selectively so that they can never be recovered or undeleted. BCWipe embeds itself within Windows and...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux

Context-Shredder Good alternative? YES NO

With Context-Shredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann. Users can create deletion tasks, overwrite...

Free Open Source Windows

Hardwipe Good alternative? YES NO

Hardwipe is a free file wiper and drive cleaner for Windows. It can be used to permanently erase, or to "hard wipe", data on disk and portable storage media...

Freemium Windows

O&O SafeErase Good alternative? YES NO

O&O SafeErase gives you complete protection against unauthorized access to any confidential data you delete! No matter whether it’s outdated financial information...

Commercial Windows

Stellar File Wipe Good alternative? YES NO

The easiest way to get rid of the sensitive data from a Mac before letting it go is to wipe it with Stellar File Eraser tool. It consists of 12 efficient Standard DoD...

Commercial Mac Windows