Free File Shredder
File Shredder is released under GNU/GPL General Public License. It is free for both personal and commercial use.
File Shredder works on WIndows NT, WIndows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7,8 and Windows 10.
There is no minimum hardware requirement for File Shredder to run properly, however on faster computers shredding will be executed faster.
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Installation
If you haven’t already, click here to download latest version of File Shredder. Save file_shredder_setup.exe on hard disk and double click on it to launch installation. The default folder File Shredder will be installed to is C:\Program Files\File Shredder. After installation is completed a program group is created under Start — Programs — File Shredder, and an icon is placed on desktop.
Usage
Add File(s) — Click to add files ready to be shredded. A file picker will appear. Select one or more files and press open. The files will appear in main pane. You can add as manu files as you want. Note that adding the files into shredding queue does not delete them and you can remove the files from queue latter
Add Folder(s) — Click to add folders ready to be shredded. A folder picker will appear. Select a folder and press open. The folder will appear in main pane. You can add as manu folders as you want but you have to add them one by one. The whole folder structure is added including files and subfolders.
Remove Selected — Click to remove a file(s) or folder(s) from the shredding queue. Don’t confuse this option with Shred Files Now, this option only removes files that are intended for shredding from the queue and no changes are made to the actual files or folders on hard drive.
Remove All — Click to remove all file(s) or folder(s) from the shredding queue. This option does the same as Remove Selected but it will clean the complete queue. No changes to files and folders on hard drive will occur.
Shred Free Disk Space — This option will shred unused or free disk space across the whole disk volume. For instance, this option is very useful if you haven’t shred your unwanted files regularly but instead you used regular windows delete command and now you want your previously deleted files unretrievable. Those files now can not be shredded by picking them since they are already deleted. This option will enforce shredding of everything you have deleted once using the regular delete command, whether it was yesterday or months ago.
Shred Free Disk Space — After you picked the files ready to be shredded click on this button to execute permanent removal of files. Warning: this option can not be undone, make sure you haven’t picked non intended files accidentally.
Shredder Settings
Program Settings
Enable Shell Integration — Checking this option will make new entries when you right click on file on folder in Windows Explorer. Entries are «Secure Delete Files» which will shred files you have right clicked on, «Remember to be deleted latter» which puts files or folders into shredding queue and «Call FIle Shredder» which launches the application itself.
Confirmations — This group of options tells the program if it should display confirmation window of certain operations. To assure unintentional or accidental shredding I recommend this to be set on which is the default.
Algorithms — Choose the shredding algorithm. You can learn about algorithms used to shred files here.
Visual Options — Choose whether you want to save same space on interface by hiding the top pane and whether you want to run program maximized.
Free File Shredder
File Shredder is free desktop application for shredding (destroying) unwanted files beyond recovery
With File Shredder you can remove files from your hard drive without fear they could be recovered. There are quite a few software tools today for retrieval of deleted files under Windows OS. Those tools, often referred to as «file recovery» software, are taking advantage of shortcoming of WIndows «delete» command that we all use regularly to delete files. Actually, the «delete» operation in Windows only removes bits of information from files so they appear deleted in OS. It is easy to retrieve those files using aforementioned specialized file recovery software.
In order to remove, or shred files permanently from your system you have to use a program that is capable of rewriting the files with random series of binary data multiple times. This process is often called shredding. That way, the actual content of the file has been overwritten and the possibilities to recover such a shredded file are mostly theoretical.
File Shredder has been developed as fast, safe and reliable tool to shred company files. The author of this program released it free under GNU licence and you are welcome to download File Shredder and use it without any restrictions. File Shredder is simple but powerful program that surpasses manu commercial file shredders out there. The Author believes that such a utility should be available to anyone for free and that permanent and safe removal of confidential documents is a matter of basic right to privacy.
In File Shredder you can choose between 5 different shredding algorithms, each one gradually stronger than the previous one. It also has integrated Disk Wiper which uses shredding algorithm to wipe unused disk space. More on options of File Shredder check Online Help page.
For more comprehensive protection you can download ArchiCrypt Shredder. It is very powerful commercial application suite which doesn’t stop on shredding utility and is priced incredibly low for what it offers. If you don’t need all the options of ArchiCrypt shredder and prefer separate utilities for important tasks some of best commercial utilities are produced by Blancco. They have really good Data Cleaner for shredding the whole volumes (Hard Disks) and that is something my File Shredder utility is not supposed to do — yet. But the best overall suite of privacy protection tools I’ve stumbled upon is from CyberScrub, they have a rock solid and full featured set of applications including data destruction, evidence cleaner, password manager and antivirus.
Please note that I can not give any kind of support for File Shredder. I did my best to make this software useful and as reliable as possible but I can’t an. I you want convenience of support and regular updates you may go with some of aforementioned commercial products or look at the privacy protection software list. If you like this software and use it please help more users reach it by linking to this website.
Free File Shredder для Windows
Free File Shredder — утилита для уничтожения файлов на компьютере без возможности их последующего восстановления даже с помощью специальных программ. После удаления какой-либо информации с Вашего ПК и очистки корзины, Вы все равно не можете быть уверенными, что важные данные не будут восстановлены, т.к. существует множество приложений, способных «вытаскивать» файловые данные с жестких и съемных дисков после их стирания. Именно для этого и пригодится данная программа: тут используется методика US Dod 5220.22-M, которая подчищает все следы и остатки файлов, делая до 15 проходов при стирании. Для добавления нужных файлов можно использовать соответствующую кнопку в интерфейсе, а можно и воспользоваться технологией «drag-n-drop», что достаточно удобно. Кроме этого, приложение отлично интегрируется в контекстное меню проводника Windows, из которого можно сразу же приступить с уничтожению данных. В общем, если переживаете, что к Вашему ПК имеется общий доступ, и конфиденциальная информация может стать достоянием общественности, используйте Free File Shredder для быстрого и надежного удаления ненужных файлов и папок, освободив свободное пространство.
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При подготовке материала использовались источники:
https://www.fileshredder.org/fileshredder-help.php
https://www.fileshredder.org/
https://www.softportal.com/software-36919-free-file-shredder.html