Top 15 wipe Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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. Pre-compiled packages are available on most Linux distributions. Under Debian, the package name is wipe .

1. xShredder

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

2. BCWipe

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 can be activated from the Explorer FILE Menu OR from the context (right-click) menu OR from BCWipe Task Manager OR from a command-line prompt.......

3. Puran Wipe Disk

Puran Wipe Disk Puran Wipe Disk is a free utility that can completely delete everything on your disk including the file system so that no data can be recovered or it can just wipe the free space so that already deleted files cannot be recovered.......

4. Zer0

Zer0 Zer0 is a user friendly file deletion tool with a high level of security. With Zer0, you'll be able to delete files and to prevent file recovery by a 3rd person. FeaturesUser friendly HMI : Drag'n'drop, 1 click and the job is done !High security file deletion algorithmMultithreaded application core......

5. iShred Express

iShred Express iShred Express provides a drag and drop interface to the "SRM" or secure delete function.USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. FILES DELETED WITH THIS PROGRAM ARE NOT RECOVERABLE, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.Tested with Mac OS X 10.4.2......

6. Puran Permanent Delete

Puran Permanent Delete Permanent Delete is a free utility that can be used to delete files/folders permanently so that no software can recover these files.......

7. Hard Disk Scrubber

Hard Disk Scrubber Summit's Hard Disk Scrubber - Secure Delete Utility.......

8. Darik's Boot and Nuke

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 the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.DBAN is a means......

9. Context-Shredder

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 available free space or destroy disk drives.......

10. Blancco Drive Eraser

Blancco Drive Eraser Blancco Drive Eraser is patented secure data erasure for HDDs and SSDs. Digitally signed certificate of erase for auditing. Free evaluation license.......

11. EraserDrop

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 so they can not be recovered. EraserDrop does away with the standard Eraser Portable interface and is packaged......

12. DriveScrubber

DriveScrubber When you delete data or format a drive you assume the files,pictures, email or documents no longer exist on your computer.But your private data still exists, and it only takes basic knowledge ofPCs to find it. For total security, you need DriveScrubber power. Permanently erase files, pictures, documents, credit card......

13. SDelete

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.......

14. Permanent Eraser

Permanent Eraser 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 10.3, Apple enhanced its security by introducing the Secure Empty Trash feature, which follows......

15. WipeDisk

WipeDisk WipeDisk erases physical and logical disks (complete harddisks or single partition) secure and fast.WipeDisk overwrites the information sector-wise, from the first sector of the disk to the last one. This is particularly important for forensically correct deletion of data.WipeDisk supports 14 different wipe methods, e.g. two US Navy standards, the......