Free permanent delete software software for windows

Delete your files unrecoverably with Permanent Erase Permanent Erase permanently erases your files, making them unrecoverable by file recovery programs.
Permanent Erase opens a file each of the files bits is overwritten with a NULL character. The file is then saved with the new NULL content, and then deleted. You can optionally add a menu item to the explorer context menu which enables you to delete files when you right click on them.

PermanentFileDelete 1.0.0.4 is a powerful and popular utility which overwrites all data 10 times before deleting, which erases any type of document and file, so not even the most advanced recovery software will be able to recover the deleted documents. Deleting documents then emptying the Recycle Bin does not mean that they are gone for good. There are a host of undelete tools that can recover these documents.

As well as being easier to use, Permanent File Delete is only 602 KB in size and will run on all of the windows operating systems keeping download times low and making it very portable.

Enhancements: Version 1.0.0.4 includes software now may be controlled by the command line.

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AHHB Power Delete 1 provides you a powerful tool which helps you remove unwanted files from your computer completely. Delete your important unwanted files securely and disables the ability to restore them using any Delete-File-Restoring Applications.

A 16-bit program, however, it is only usable with Windows 95. It empties Internet Explorers hidden cache folders that are otherwise only deletable manually. It prompts the user to enter y 4 times, one for each cache folder - cache1, cache2, cache3, and cache4. Other than that it is completely automatic. The advantage to it being 16-bit and DOS based is that it doesnt send the deleted items to the recycle bin, it deletes them completely. Cache Delete was made with the Borland Turbo Pascal compiler.

Sure Delete is a tool to completely remove data from any writable media. Sure Delete is an utility for Windows based computers to completely remove data from your hard drive. No more worrying if your sensitive data can be recovered. No more headaches.
Sure Delete is tested safe for FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS disk formats, so you can use it in Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Windows 2000 environments without worry. (NT/2000 users must have the appropriate permissions).
Sure Delete is packed with features. Besides being able to wipe files Sure Delete now can wipe free drive space. So even if you forgot to delete the file via Sure Delete, you can just wipe the empty HD space, and you can be sure its gone. Another feature is the ability of the user to choose speed/security ratio.
If you have a lot of time on your hands you could use the most secure but also the most time consuming type of wiping. However if you are short on time, and all you need is to prevent half educated snoops from recovering your data then you don't need as much security and you can set Sure Delete to use a little less secure but faster method of wiping.