Do you know how to delete your sensitive files fast? Are you looking to find the best tool to erase your data so that no one can retrieve it? Then Eraser is the perfect tool for you. Eraser is a security tool to delete your files completely from your hard disk.
Eraser Overview
Eraser is a windows based free security tool that erases your sensitive data by overwriting the files several times without affecting your hard disk. It can delete a file, directory and even a whole drive. Eraser can use 12 different algorithms for file erasure and 11 ones for full drive wipe-out. One can never recover the files that are securely erased by Eraser.
Features
- Capable of Deleting Previous Deleted Files Too. This is a unique feature that is uncommon in most data wiping tools.
- Customizable Scheduler. You can select custom timings to make the cleaning operation automatically. It is specially useful when you want to keep purging a temp folder of the recycle bin.
- Various Deletion Methods. There are many erasing methods witch with different overwriting levels (passes). Although all of them are efficient some are faster therefore better when time is of concern.
- Support for Multiple Drives. Eraser can delete files from local drives as well as external hard disks.
Overall Eraser Security tool is a must-have program for anyone that wishes keep his files unrecoverable after deletion.
Pros
- Fast and effective
- Files can be replaced for plausible deniability
- Support for external hard disks
- Scheduling Option
- Various algorithms
- none that we could find.
Cons
Eraser is available for the Windows operating system, from Windows XP up to Windows 10. Better yet it is a free open-source software.
