List of data-erasing software

This is a list of utilities for performing data erasure.

Name	Developer	Licensing	Operating system	Maintained?	Reports
BCWipe	Jetico	Commercial proprietary software	Windows, Unix, OS X	Yes	?
BleachBit		GNU General Public License	Windows, Linux	Yes	on screen, Copy and Paste-able
CCleaner	Piriform	Trialware	Windows, OS X	Yes	?
Data Shredder	CBL Data Recovery Technologies	Freeware	Windows	Yes	?
BLANCCO	Darik Horn	GNU General Public License	Linux	Yes	?
dd^[1]^[2]		Same the host OS	Unix	Yes	stdout & stderr
Disk Utility	Apple	Commercial proprietary software	OS X	Yes	?
HDDerase	University of California, San Diego	Freeware	Windows	No	?
hdparm	Mark Lord	BSD license	Linux	Yes	?
shred	GNU Project	GNU GPL v3	Unix	Yes	?
Shredit	Mireth Technology, Burningthumb Software	Trialware	Windows, OS X	Yes	?
srm	Dirk Jagdmann	MIT License^[3]	Unix	Yes	?
WipeDrive	WhiteCanyon Software	Commercial Proprietary software	Linux, Windows, X86 Architecture	Yes	PDF, XML, TXT, CSV and DB
Zeero		Proprietary software	Unix	No	?

References

↑ Elliot, Duncan (11 November 2009). "Using "dd" and "urandom" to write random data to a disk". Duncan Elliot's blog. IBM. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ Hodgetts, Benjamin (4 December 2010). "Securely Wiping (Zero Writing) a Drive". Robot Butler. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
↑ "secure rm". SourceForge. Dice Holdings. 31 January 2014.

Data erasure

Methods	Overwriting, degaussing, encryption and physical destruction Sanitization

Schemes	Gutmann method DoD 5220.22-M AFSSI-5020

Software	BCWipe Bitraser BleachBit CCleaner Data Shredder Darik's Boot and Nuke dd Disk Utility Factory reset HDDerase Hdparm shred ShredIt srm TuneUp Utilities Zeero

Legal	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act SB 1386 Sarbanes–Oxley Act

List of data erasing software

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