Comments on: 3 Ways to Permanently and Securely Delete ‘Files and Directories’ in Linux

By: Sacha

Sacha — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 09:24:14 +0000

What is the most secure of those options, for different use cases?

For example – To delete single files/folders, wiping the entire free space, etc.

I just used the ‘shred’ command to delete one file, is that not as safe as some of the software recommended in the rest of the article?

Casey — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:16:02 +0000

I use this cross-platform Java tool for shredding files, folders, and free disk space on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

https://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Secure-cleaning/Shred.shtml

Aaron Kili — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:22:53 +0000

In reply to dd.

@dd

Correct! Thanks for mentioning.

dd — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:45:39 +0000

You can also use dd command to secure wipe a file.

Aaron Kili — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:47:22 +0000

@Saifuddin

Thanks for mentioning this, we will try it out.