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sdelete — Securely delete file/directory from disk, or clean the free space on a volume/physical disk. More in
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sdelete command: Securely delete file/directory from disk, or clean the free space on a volume/physical disk. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete>.Solution
sdelete — Securely delete file/directory from disk, or clean the free space on a volume/physical disk. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete>.Delete files with 3 [p]asses:
sdelete -p 3 {{path\to\file1 path\to\file2 ...}}Delete folders and its [s]ubdirectories with 1 pass (default):
sdelete -s {{path\to\directory1 path\to\directory2 ...}}Clean the free space of volume D: with 3 [p]asses:
sdelete -p 3 D:Clean the free space with [z]eros of physical disk 2, which should not contain any volumes to be cleaned:
sdelete -z 2Code Snippets
Delete files with 3 [p]asses
sdelete -p 3 {{path\to\file1 path\to\file2 ...}}Delete folders and its [s]ubdirectories with 1 pass (default)
sdelete -s {{path\to\directory1 path\to\directory2 ...}}Clean the free space of volume D: with 3 [p]asses
sdelete -p 3 D:Clean the free space with [z]eros of physical disk 2, which should not contain any volumes to be cleaned
sdelete -z 2Context
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