Secure Eraser
Data erasure (also called data clearing or data wiping) is a software-based method of overwriting the data that aims to completely destroy all electronic data residing on a hard disk drive or other digital media.
• random fill (-RANDOM-)
• zero fill (0000-0000)
• f fill (FFFF-FFFF)
Permanent data erasure goes beyond basic file deletion commands, which only remove direct pointers to the data disk sectors and make the data recovery possible with common software tools.Unlike degaussing and physical destruction, which render the storage media unusable, data erasure removes all information while leaving the disk operable, preserving IT assets and the environment.
Secure Eraser provides a way to reset the SSD to its factory default state if there is a problem with the performance.
junk data
Note: Wiping free space can take a substantial amount of time.
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Category : Tools
Reviews (27)
My Android 7.0 device recently having this issue with deleting files but not releasing the occupied space. This happens mostly when I delete a large file or folder. Used for the first time and it really worked. My intention was to uninstall after one use, but it released 9GB of my internal storage space when i was actually expecting to release about 6.5GB (a folder size i deleted recently). I decided to keep it and give the 5* (Even if it works much slowly but effectively)
Does not work. I ran it on internal and external storage. After I ran this app I installed an image recovery app from the play store. The recovery app recovered the deleted images that the Secure Eraser should have cleared. This app is a waist of time and I wouldn't bother installing it again. I had to factory reset my mobile to get the free space back
for those of you saying you run this app and then you run diskdigger and it still recovers data... you are still finding data with diskdigger because there are CACHE files of the file you deleted still on your phone. this app permanently deletes files marked as free space in your phone. diskdigger will NOT detect these files anyway. you need to download zarchiver and delete your "android" folder and your "DCIM" to get rid of cache data. this app works wonders! if I could give 10 stars i would.
Suspicious as hell. When it finished scanning my phone it didnt do anything, the photos were still recoverable. And after it really finished, my phone sent out a warning that the memory was full (I HAVE 20GB FREE) and my phone restarted. Now I know to never trust this app.
Used this app today and it will be the last time I use it. It left 71, 64mb }each{ of individual files in file folder,which left me with no internal space. So before you reset your phone and not sure,look in file folder for SecureEraser and delete that folder.
It's a great app if you want to make sure your personal information is not retrievable. Bear this in mind. There is a limit to how many times you can reuse each sector of your device storage. For phones, it's safe to say you can rewrite each sector 100,000 times. The storage may fail any time after. You'll be able to read, just not write. 100,000 is a numerical average. Sub standard chips may allow less writes. If you have a 16gb phone, you may have 9gb for apps/data. Run this daily...
This is the most INSECURE eraser I have ever seen. I ran it, then I used the DiskDigger application, and there were THOUSANDS of deleted files that were all recoverable. Don't fall for the hype that you can rest easy that files have been secured erased.
I was hopeful and gave the benefit of the doubt despite reading all the atrocious reviews. However, it appears on all counts that your app really is garbage. Not only is it not effective at rendering deleted files irretrievable by overwriting the free space, the app is downright harmful. I started with 4.8 GB free space. After one complete pass, that became 3.1 GB. I ran another pass and now I have 1.2 GB of free space left. Thank you for depleting over 3 GB of my storage. Imbecile.
Option for "external" storage doesn't work nor does entering a path (which you have to type!) Seriously, needs a bit more work on basics before releasing.
Best one I ever tried and why waist time with othrt apps and u don't have to worry about apks u put on there that ant suppose to be or mod apps. It want hurt them. I was afraid to use it but I did and I got back so much space those mod apps and apk apps put on my phon but they gone now, thanks for your great app. I will always use it because I'm always downloading mod and apk apps for free, when I find the pro version of this I will get that free to but I just found it😂😂😂😂, thanks, 💯💯
I ran the eraser about 15 times, still an app for recovering deleted files was able to restore some of the deleted files. Don't waste your time like i did.
Does what it says on the tin - easy to use, and faster than I expected. Takes quite a while to tackle a large SD card, of course.
Great pice of software for getting rid of my rubbish on my phone highly recommended give it a try it's easy to use and I think it's the best one out there for this type of software
its not working... help me with this. I run it almost 6 times and i can still reciver the same pics i had at the first time using dig deep. I can't delete the pictures. helo me with this.
Doesn't work doesn't matter how many times you run it I develop and one of my games binaries kept showing up after I erased it use this app to get rid of the problem and it does nothing
Useless , did not do any thing .... First of all there were no changes when i chose internal or external it showed me the same free spaces , second ,it did not erase anything , i could restore every single thing using disk digger .... Total waste of time 😡😡
Are u kidding with people....I started it and it filled my free internal storage and my phone hanged....I had to forcefully restart the device and saw only 0.5 gb of space is empty and now I can't clean the data it wrote on my disk HELP ME PLEASE
Exactly as described; efficient, no clutter and relatively fast Highly recommended!.
This app allocated 85gb of free space to itself! Literally grabbed every gig of free space and marked it as full. Absolute trash.
Very quick & wipes both internal & external space making it more effective than similar apps.
Cleared my phone of deleted items Free...great performance from my Android phone now....takes longer than expected...but all good things take time...So I'm happy with using this product
Ran it multiple times both internal and external and a recovery app still finds the same amount of deleted files.
I still can find deleted photos with photo recovery app, yet I have 3x erase empty spaces with 0000. Not what I expected.
As with all apps of this type on mobile, it does nothing, it is impossible to securely delete files.on solid state storage
The interface is a little clunky but overall a very capable app.
Good app tool.. Work well on my phone but a bit long prossesing(30minutes+ for 8gb) i hope u can reduce time(fast proses) in the future update.. Thank you
Seems a bit unstable, but so far it seems to work. First run seemed to work fine, but the second run (after clearing more space I hadn't cleared before the first run) experienced some apps stopping in the background, phone had trouble unlocking, and then it said I had less than half the free space I had before that second run, even after a reboot. Uninstalling and reinstalling seemed to clear up the files it had filled the space with during that bad run, back to what I should have.