Permanently deleting files is something that a lot of people aren't aware of. Actually, most people think that once a file is deleted, it is gone forever. This is not the case. Hard drives write to ...

You can easily delete a file from Google Drive on an Android with several taps. You can send the file to your Google Drive trash folder and delete it from the trash to permanently remove it. This ...

Whether you're clearing space off of your hard drive or want to remove some embarrassing pictures from your recent workplace get-together, it pays to know how to permanently delete images from your ...

When you delete an item on your Windows computer, it gets saved in the Recycle Bin so that you can fetch it whenever you want. A lot of Windows users do not like this feature and want their files to ...

When files are deleted off computers, the file really isn't gone, it's more like, "out of sight, out of mind." But sometimes, you or your customers need more than that; you need to wipe those files ...

Files deleted from your PC are still recoverable, at least in the short term. To ensure that files are permanently deleted, you can use SDelete. This command-line utility securely erases data, making ...

This article was taken from the October 2011 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

We have many files and folders on our PC. Some people delete unnecessary files and folders regularly, and others when the disk space is low. Whenever it may be, we see some files and folders that are ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to get rid of files permanently, make sure you’re deleting them across your iCloud sync. If you want ...

With camera quality improving exponentially and the number of apps we use in our day-to-day lives increasing, it can be challenging to keep storage space available on our mobile phones. While there ...

Most people assume that deleting files and emptying the Recycle Bin permanently removes them—but that’s not true. Those “deleted” files still sit on your drive and can be restored with recovery tools.