Vanity**Permanently Deleting Files

Vanity ^ | 12/10/2018 | Outofsalt

[outofsalt]

With Windows 10 (and probably many other OS's) when you delete a file, be it email or others, it is not really deleted but is recoverable. I have a large bunch of "deleted" emails and quite a few personal records that I want to permanently remove from the hard drive. I am looking for suggestions on "shredder" programs (or are they all, "Apps" now?)

[outofsalt]

Free is best but secure is what I'm more concerned about. Any input is appreciated and preferably at the level of a dumb 2nd grader. Kids today know so much more...

[Mr. K]

ccleaner

[JudyinCanada]

I hear bleach bit and hammers do a decent job....or a fire in the bathroom.

*sorry to use your dilemma to make a joke ;)

[IC Ken]

Well didn’t Hillary use a cloth?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[dead]

[Revel]

Ask Hillary. She knows what to do.

[Carriage Hill]

‘You mean with a cloth?”

What about “BleachBit”? Maybe that’s for the whole HD? Where do the “deleted” reside? Better let the experts answer this one.

[Hugin]

Is that you Hillary?

[Doogle]

No you’re not, you just beat us all to it....

[IC Ken]

Sorry couldn't resist a Hillary joke.

Bleach bit is good. But you mention emails. Emails are tricky. I have Yahoo I use and they host my business account. They keep records of emails forever. So emails really depend on who your account is listed with.

[Cicero]

I use CCleaner Free. Works fine, and I don’t need the extras you pay for, since I have other programs to do that work.

[DuncanWaring]

I believe “CCleaner” has a “free-space wipe” feature.

https://www.ccleaner.com/

[rktman]

There is always the gets rid of everything amazing hillary cleaning cloth app. Sorry, I couldn’t help it.

[rktman]

Say hello to my little cloth!

[Leep]

Don’t do anything on the net that requires you to permantly erase?
Although, its usually to late when someone says that to you.

[Lazamataz]

Hillary Clinton should be able to help.

[WarlordBK]

ccleaner is one of the most trusted but with windows 10 there is already a built-in command.

from an elevated command prompt “cipher /w:C:” will run a secure delete on all free space on the C: drive, you can also specify a specific folder.

It works by writing random encrypted data over the free space and then deleting it, pretty much the same as ccleaner.

[outofsalt]

I don’t want to wipe the whole hard drive just individual items.
I should have predicted the “Hillary” onslaught... I am not Hillary nor John Podesta, nor a Russian bot!)

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Only one guarantee. Remove the hdd, install a new hdd and reinstall a new os. Take the old hdd apart and play with the magnets. Remove the platters and #uck them up any way you see fit. Or just shoot the hdd with you handgun or rifle of choice.