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Hardwipe

Hardwipe is a free file wiper and drive cleaner for Windows. Created by Big Angry Dog Ltd

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Windows

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 (i.e. USB drives and memory sticks) in order to prevent personal or sensitive business information from ever being recovered. It can wipe entire drives, wipe files individually, and sanitize unused drive space. It runs from within the OS and supports right-click context menus in Windows Explorer. Or you can simply use it as a standalone application if you prefer.... More Info »

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OS & Utilities Security & Privacy

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disk-maintenance disk-wiper permanently-remove-files secure-delete wipe-files

Hardwipe was added by Danilo_Venom in Apr 2012 and the latest update was made in Aug 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jan 2020. It's possible to update the information on Hardwipe or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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