Open Source Linux Data Wipe Software
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View 9 business solutionsBrowse free open source Data Wipe software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Data Wipe software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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BleachBit
deletes junk files to free disk space and improve privacy
BleachBit frees disk space and maintains privacy. Cleans cache, Internet history, temporary files, logs, cookies, Firefox, Google Chrome, Flash, Windows, Linux, and more. Downloads are at www.bleachbit.org and source code is at GitHub. -
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ShredOS
ShredOS Disk Eraser 64 bit for all Intel 64 bit processors
ShredOS is a lightweight, bootable Linux-based operating system designed specifically for secure disk erasure and data destruction. It enables users to permanently wipe hard drives, SSDs, and NVMe devices using the powerful nwipe utility and multiple industry-recognized wiping methods. Compatible with both BIOS and UEFI systems, ShredOS supports PCs, servers, and Intel-based Macs running on 32-bit and 64-bit processors. The platform can erase multiple drives simultaneously while generating detailed PDF certificates and logs for compliance and auditing purposes. ShredOS also includes advanced disk management utilities such as hdparm, smartmontools, nvme-cli, and sg3_utils for enhanced drive maintenance and secure sanitization. With fast boot times, customizable wipe configurations, and support for USB, CD/DVD, PXE, and headless environments, ShredOS provides a reliable solution for enterprise-grade data destruction. -
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Darik's Boot and Nuke
A hard drive disk wipe and data clearing utility
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot image that securely wipes hard disk drives (HDDs). DBAN is appropriate for personal use, bulk data destruction, or emergency data destruction for HDDs, but is not recommended for solid-state drives (SSDs), sanitization that requires auditable compliance documentation, or technical support. -
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nwipe
nwipe secure disk eraser
nwipe is a fork of the dwipe command originally used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN). nwipe was created out of a need to run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any host distribution, thus giving better hardware support. nwipe is a program that will securely erase the entire contents of disks. It can wipe a single drive or multiple disks simultaneously. It can operate as both a command line tool without a GUI or with a ncurses GUI. -
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FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.
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LLF-Tool-for-Linux
Low Level Format Tool for debian-based systems
Important: The issue of windows crashing in the KDE environment has been resolved. This is an open-source alternative for applying LLF processes to mechanical hard drives on Debian-based systems, modeled after HDD GURU's famous software. This software is NOT developed by HDD Guru. It is an open-source alternative for Debian-based Linux systems. https://github.com/shampuan/LLF-Tool-for-Linux -
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WipeFreeSpace
Secure wiping/shredding of free disk space with many methods
WipeFreeSpace is a program to securely erase/wipe/overwrite/shred the free space on file systems WITHOUT DESTROYING EXISTING FILES, to prevent recovery of deleted sensitive data. This allows protecting the user's privacy when e.g. selling the drive or the whole computer. The following filesystems are supported: - Ext2/3/4, - NTFS, - XFS, - ReiserFSv3/4, - FAT12/16/32, - MinixFS1/2, - JFS, - HFS/HFS+, - OCFS. The following wiping methods are supported: Gutmann-like, random, Schneier, DoD. Additionally, WipeFreeSpace can finalize wiping the filesystem by writing blocks of zeros, which is friendly for sparse files, virtual systems and other places where zeroed-out space is not physically allocated. See the project homepage https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io and the project Wiki in the menu above. To prevent clear-text data from being left on the drive in the first place, you can use LibSecRm (https://libsecrm.sourceforge.io), which wipes the data on-the-fly. -
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recovery is a Live DVD/USB which aims troubleshooting, disk partitioning, system rescue, backup , restore data and desktop. This is a customized version of Debian Live. It contains : GParted, Clonezilla, Boot-Repair, LibreOffice and a lot of tools like ddrescue, Nwipe, TestDisk, DejaDup and many more recovery is modular in design, meaning programs can be installed simply by double clicking on module files. https://sourceforge.net/projects/recovery/files/modules/ version 2.6 - 15 September 2026 - bleachbit 6.0.4 - boot-repair 4ppa2088 - clamui 0.4.0 - czkawka 12.0.2 - debian-live-13.7.0-amd64-standard - media-downloader 5.6.6 - memtest86+ 8.10 - nano 9.2 - nwipe 0.42 - sirikali 1.8.6 - system monitoring center 3.4.1 - tiny core 17.1 - torbrowser-launcher 0.3.7 - youtube-local 2.8.15
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G-USB-Formatter
Advanced USB Memory Device Format Tool
With advanced settings and multiple format options, it allows you to format devices connected via USB. My Github: https://github.com/shampuan/G-USB-Formatter This program is a lightweight tool that allows you to format your USB storage devices using more features on Debian-based systems. -
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NDW - Network Data Wiping Hard Disks HDD
Wipe erase data from hdds on the network, unlimited hard disks
Automated network based hard disk drives / storage devices erasure is server based software which installs on a central server. Server is connected to network switches and several PXE boot enabled workstations are attached to the network. As soon as the workstation is powered on, it boots off the network via the server and begins wiping all the attached hard disk drives. Once all the hard drives are wiped, data related to each hard disk is stored in the central server’s database. Read WIKI Automated unattended network based data erasure wiping Comprehensive Reporting Web GUI reporting Generates certificate of data erasure Barcodes Labels Graphs Pie / Bar / Line Charts Hard Disks bad sectors & health reporting Hard Disk SMART Data collection Database Driven Distributed System Hard Disk Drives health reports Part Open Source * Friendly GUI Graphical User Interface Mass Hard Disk Drive Destruction Data Wiping HDD Data Eraser Storage Array Data Wipe -
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Linux Disk Destroyer
A disk schredder application for debian-linux systems
This application wipes your storage units (HDDs, SSDs, and flash drives) and renders them unrecoverable. This process is irreversible, and the data cannot be recovered later. Using this application is especially recommended if you're considering selling your storage units. The program is powered by the default kernel module, the "shred" tool. It's bilingual (English and Turkish) and easy to use. Simply select your drive and click the "Destroy!" button. https://github.com/shampuan/Linux-Disk-Destroyer -
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Naraeon Secure Erase
Naraeon Secure Erase is Secure Erase environment for SATA/NVMe SSDs.
Naraeon Secure Erase is Secure Erase environment for SATA/NVMe SSDs. Using NVIDIA VGAs and having trouble? see https://www.naraeon.net/en/other-naraeon-products/latest-naraeon-secure-erase/ -
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ExFormatter
Advanced fast device formatter
ExFormatter is a drive formatter that allows you to do a complete and fast formatting, with advanced formatting tools. -
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File Shredder Express
Shred your files and folders securely
This program shreds your files and folders securely and fast. https://github.com/shampuan/File-Shredder-Express -
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LibSecRm - Secure Removal Library
A library for secure deleting data on-the-fly
LibSecRm (LIBrary for SECure ReMoval) is a set of replacements for these standard C functions which cause data removing from files. The data is first securely wiped on-the-fly, to protect the user's privacy, then the original functions are called. There is NO NEED to rebuild your software, because LibSecRm is a pre-loadable library, meaning you just need to RUN the software with LibSecRm loaded. LibSecRm is also a development library. The following wiping methods are supported: Gutmann-like, random, Schneier, DoD. See the project homepage https://libsecrm.sourceforge.io and the project Wiki in the menu above. To wipe data that was left on the drive by using "normal" delete operations, you can take a look at WipeFreeSpace (https://wipefreespace.sourceforge.io), which wipes the space used by files marked as deleted (and other things, too). -
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AAD-50
Zero-trust storage erasure. Hardware-verified data destruction.
AAD-50 is an open-source NVMe sanitization framework that closes a 15-year verification gap in Linux nvme-cli. The standard nvme sanitize command returns immediately after acceptance without confirming the drive actually completed the background erasure. AAD-50 fixes this by polling NVMe Log Page 0x81 (Sanitize Status) after every cycle and refusing to advance until SSTAT=0x1 confirms hardware completion. Implements a 50-cycle B→C→A phase matrix: 40 cycles NAND overwrite, 5 FTL block erase, 5 crypto key destruction. Generates a SHA-256 audit chain and PDF Certificate of Destruction aligned with NIST SP 800-88 Rev.2 Purge and IEEE 2883.1-2025. Runs on Linux CLI, Windows CLI, and Windows GUI. Supports USB enclosure passthrough via 3-tier SCSI/ATA pathway. Adopted into linux-nvme/nvme-cli master (PR #3438) in 14 days. Reviewed by Peter Gutmann (Gutmann 35-pass method) and Guido van Rossum (creator of Python). Confirmed by NVM Express Administration as recommended best practice. -
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KillDisk
Disk Wiping Software
KillDisk is a program written in python for Unix based systems for wiping a hard drive. It can wipe a hard drive using all zeroes or random data, and as many times as you want to specify. If you'd like to donate there's several ways to do so: PayPal: https://paypal.me/gerowen Bitcoin (BTC): bc1q86c5j7wvf6cw78tf8x3szxy5gnxg4gj8mw4sy2 Monero (XMR): 42ho3m9tJsobZwQDsFTk92ENdWAYk2zL8Qp42m7pKmfWE7jzei7Fwrs87MMXUTCVifjZZiStt3E7c5tmYa9qNxAf3MbY7rD LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/gerowen -
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CrunchyCleaner
A lightweight, software cache cleanup tool for Windows & Linux.
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ShredBitz is a free and simple file shredder tool that can wipe selected files from any hard disk drive. ShredBitz is written in the java programming language and uses a custom written algorithm for shredding. ShredBitz is a very powerful tool.
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Delete At Date
Delete At Date schedules files for auto-deletion on a chosen date.
Delete At Date is a Windows utility that schedules individual files for automatic removal on a date you choose. Drop a file onto the window or browse for it, pick a target date, and the app deletes it when that day arrives - even if the program is closed. A scheduled task or Registry Run entry handles the timing, so cleanup happens in the background. Files are sent to the Recycle Bin by default, or shredded with a random overwrite when Secure Delete is enabled. Before anything is removed, a CRC32 integrity check compares the file with its stored hash; if the content changed, the deletion is postponed instead of destroying unexpected data. Safety guards block system paths, critical system files, and the running executable, and only fixed internal drives are accepted - USB, network and CD volumes are rejected. A Dry Run mode lets you preview what would happen, while retries, toast notifications, a daily log and a Dashboard keep you informed. -
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Delete-Temp is a utility that will delete temporary files and/or directories from your computer or a Web server via Secure Shell (SSH). The newest version now has support for non-Windows users, among other changes and improvements.
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Xorin
Xorin data erase & clone software
Xorin is a secure drive erase program that provides the perfect solution to anyone who wants to secure their private data before selling or utilization their PC or drive storage. Xorin is also good in all situations where you want to ensure that deleted data stays deleted and that it can never be recovered. Xorin operates from its own Linux-based bootable environment, Linux or Windows operation system. Xorin supports all popular security methods and standards including DoD 5220.22-M. You can erase your drives unlimited times. In our free version we do not limit quantity of erasing. Also there is no program limitation for parallel drive quantity you want erase. -
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Exif Remover
Clean exif meta datas from your photos
Clean exif meta datas from your photos. Speedy and Lightweight. https://github.com/shampuan/Exif-Remover -
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DWIP is short for Disk Wiping and Imaging Tool. This tool is being built for Mississippi State Universities National Forensics Training Center for use on a live cd to give out to it's students.
