How to Permanently Delete Files from your Computer

Do you need to wipe out confidential and private files from your computer? Don't worry, it is really easy. If you are donating your computer or hard drive to some school or to your friend and thinking about how not to let them know about your personal data then there is only one way to do it, a File Shredding software. This kind of software will help you to completely wipe out your confidential files from the PC. You will be relaxed and have no worries about your private data any more.

This tutorial will help you to learn and know how to permanently delete files from your PC. For the sake of tutorial, we will use a software - Stellar Wipe. You will have to download the software on your computer first of all. download the software from here and install it on your computer. Don't worry ! The software is tried and tested. It is free from all kinds of spyware, adware and trojans.

Stellar Wipe will help you to wipe out traces of your Internet Activity, personal information stored by various applications, system activities and importantly, erase contents of entire hard disk drive.

After you install Stellar Wipe on your computer, start the program and follow steps mentioned below.

Step 1: Open the software and select what you would like to wipe out (internet activity, complete drive etc.)

Step 2: Here for example, I have selected to erase application traces

Step 3: I have selected to erase traces from Microsoft Applications (Word, Paint, Management Console) and Peer to Peer programs.

Step 4: Now wait until program completes the wipe out operation.

Step 5: Thats all you have to do. Your files are gone. No software can ever recover it.

Please make sure you have copied any other files you may need to another computer disk drive. There is no way you can get back the files once you delete them through this software. Using this software, you can similarly wipe out entire disk drive, internet activity and other activity traces from your computer.

You can download Stellar Wipe and see it yourself. 4Neurons Eraser is one of the software which can be used to perform the shredding task. Don't forget to try it.