Alternatives to east-tec Eraser for all platforms with any license

Eraser

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...

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Darik's Boot and Nuke

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...

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- 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

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

Free Open Source Windows
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WipeFile

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...

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- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.4, released in April 2014, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Active@ KillDisk

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

Freemium Windows
Booting from USB Create bootable Image Create bootable CD Create bootable USB ... Portable Add a feature

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SDelete

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.

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Alternate File Shredder

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...

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HDShredder

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

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EraserDrop

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...

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xShredder

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

Free Open Source Windows
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- Discontinued Development focus moved to http://alternativeto.net/software/context-shredder/
BCWipe

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...

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wipe

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...

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Context-Shredder

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

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Lowvel

Lowvel overwrites data with zeroes, i.e. performs so called zero-filling of a storage device. It should be noted that after such zeroing, neither a data recovery...

Free Windows
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Hardwipe

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
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