How to Delete Files from your PC So They're Unrecoverable

Here is a good feature if you’re looking to permanently delete files in you computer; this is Paretologic Privacy Controls and the front page is this scan page, but if you do go down on Advanced Shred, here is where you can actually select particular files to actually be overwritten multiple times which actually will permanently delete them from your hard rive, so they are not recoverable.

And you have three different options here, you’ve got a Quick option, which is just one overwrite and you’ve got a Save and a Thorough which is seven overwrite passes.

All you do this is, you click the Add button and you can Add Files, particular files that you want permanently deleted, you can do that way or you can just go Add All Recycle Bin Files. And that’s pretty handy if you just deleted in Windows Explorer, it will go to Recycle Bin then you just come not this Advanced Shred tab and do Add All Recycle Bin Files and then choose whichever option you want click the Shred button to delete that. So if you’re permanently looking—if you’re looking to permanently delete files, then this is the best way to do it.


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