File Shredder

Free desktop application for shredding files beyond recovery

File Shredder is a free, open-source desktop application for Windows that permanently destroys files by overwriting them with random data, making recovery theoretically impossible. It includes five shredding algorithms and a Disk Wiper for wiping unused disk space.

10 alternatives to File Shredder

Ranked by how well each tool replaces File Shredder: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

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