Free File Wipe

If you have documents you don't need anymore and don't want others to see, simply deleting the files won't do. The operating system doesn't delete the physical information on the disk, which means that someone could recover it with the right tools. To prevent this situation, you should get some tools of your own, such as Free File Wipe. Not only will it delete files, but it will also wipe the data from the disk and make it impossible to recover.

As the name suggests, the application is absolutely free. What's more, it comes as a single executable, which you only need to extract and run. There is no need to install any special tools or services, and you don't have to sacrifice too many resources.

There are no complications to encounter when using Free File Wipe. All you have to do is navigate to the file you wish to erase, select it and click a button. You can browse through your local partitions and folders on the left side of the user interface, and you can view their contents on the right side, where you will also find the Delete button. Unfortunately, you can only delete one file at a time.

When deleting a file, the software won't simply mark the corresponding spot on the disk as free, which is what the operating system does. The program uses a complex algorithm to overwrite the area with random data, to remove any traces of the original information. Even with the best recovery utility, no one will be able to find the data you want gone.

With Free File Wipe, it doesn't take anything more than one click to make any data disappear forever.