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The best File Shredder alternative to xShredder is Eraser, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to xShredder and many of them are File Shredders so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Shredder alternatives to xShredder are Permadelete, Alternate File Shredder, Stellar File Eraser and WipeFile.

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

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xShredder alternatives page was last updated Oct 28, 2021
  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.

    48 Eraser alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows
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    Eraser Features

    1.  Portable
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    • Eraser is the most popular Windows alternative to xShredder.

    • Eraser is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to xShredder.

    • Eraser is Free and Open SourcexShredder is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    46 Permadelete alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows
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  3. Alternate File Shredder icon
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    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.

    42 Alternate File Shredder alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows
    Alternate File Shredder iconxShredder Icon

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  4. Stellar File Eraser icon
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    This software permanently wipes files from PCs, USBs, and other devices, erases web history and app traces to prevent misuse, and offers scheduled wiping.

    38 Stellar File Eraser alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    Stellar File Eraser iconxShredder Icon

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    • Stellar File Eraser is the most popular commercial alternative to xShredder.

    • Stellar File Eraser is Paid and ProprietaryxShredder is Free and Open Source
  5. WipeFile icon
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    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 content. Supports 14 different wipe methods: Two US Navy standards, the standard of the US Department of Defence, U.

    32 WipeFile alternatives
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    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    WipeFile Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Multiple Overwriting Modes
    3.  Folders
    4.  Multiple languages
    5.  Context Menu extension
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  6. Context-Shredder icon
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    With Context-Shredder you can destroy your sensitive files. Choose from simple destruction or shredding by Peter Gutmann. Users can create deletion tasks, overwrite available free space or destroy disk drives.

    37 Context-Shredder alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Windows
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  7. HDShredder icon
     5 likes

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

    53 HDShredder alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    • Windows
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  8.  2 likes

    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 software nor a data recovery service can recover data off the device.

    38 Lowvel alternatives
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    • FreeProprietary

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    • Windows

    Lowvel Features

    1.  Low level
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  9. BCWipe icon
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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...

    39 BCWipe alternatives
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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Permanent Eraser icon
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    When you normally delete your files in Mac OS X, the operating system is only forgetting where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the drive. Beginning with Mac OS 10.

    36 Permanent Eraser alternatives
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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac

    Permanent Eraser Features

    1. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
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  11.  2 likes

    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, SunOS 5.5.1, Solaris 2.6. wipe is released under the GPL.

    28 wipe alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. Easy File Shredder icon
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    Easy File Shredder shreds custom files and free disk space beyond recovery using advanced data deletion algorithms approved by the military and government organizations.

    37 Easy File Shredder alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    • Windows
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