nautilus-wipe Alternatives

nautilus-wipe is described as 'Wipe is a function that overwrites the files data with random data and then deletes the new file. Recovery programs will be unable to get the real files data, as deleting is reversible most of the time' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are 2 alternatives to nautilus-wipe for Linux, Mac and Windows. The best nautilus-wipe alternative is BCWipe. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try wipe.

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    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 can be activated from the Explorer FILE Menu OR from the context (right-click) menu OR from BCWipe Task...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • BCWipe is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to nautilus-wipe.

    • BCWipe is the most popular commercial alternative to nautilus-wipe.

    • BCWipe is Paid and Proprietarynautilus-wipe is Free and Open Source
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    Command-line tool for securely erasing files from magnetic media with multiple overwrites, open source under GPL, supports Linux, BSD, Solaris, and more, no graphical interface, precompiled for many distributions, for secure data removal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • wipe is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nautilus-wipe.

    • wipe is Free and Open Sourcenautilus-wipe is also Free and Open Source
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