Free iShredder AlternativesFile Shredders and other similar apps like iShredder

The best free alternative to iShredder is Eraser, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to iShredder and ten of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to iShredder are Ashampoo WinOptimizer, Active@ KillDisk, Alternate File Shredder and Permadelete.

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  1. Eraser icon
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    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.

    47 Eraser alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. Suite offering 30 plus tools for cleaning, privacy management, detailed system analysis, browser profile cleaning, tailored optimization, software uninstallation, duplicate removal, disk defragmentation, scheduled maintenance and deep customizable tuning.

    134 Ashampoo WinOptimizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Permadelete icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. OW Shredder icon
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    OW Shredder is a powerful security tool, that allows you to completely erase sensitive data from your computer. Individual files, free disk space, and entire volumes get erased securely. In addition OW Shredder offers various tools to scan, analyze, and wipe; other traces that...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Shreddit is a data eraser app that effectively deletes confidential data from your Android device. It does so by deleting the files/data and overwriting on the space occupied by them. The data is erased in such a manner that no recovery tool can recover it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  7. 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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