Clear USB drive completely!

Hello,

Want to sell a storage device, a phone or a computer?

Do you want to format your USB key securely?

In this tutorial you will learn how to more securely delete all or the free space of your storage device (USB key, SD memory card, external hard disk) using the CCleaner utility.

You should know that this method is completely different formatting, which is only a method to remove links to the data written to the device, this method will fill the device with null values "0" repeatedly, which make data inaccessible!

Let's go!

Delete the USB drive completely.

Download Ccleaner.

You can download Ccleaner by going to this link: https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard

After downloading and quick installation, double-click the shortcut located on the desktop.

Use CCleaner to erase a USB drive.

Once launched, CCleaner offers several tools to access the disk eraser, open the "Tools" tab.

Then choose "Disk Eraser".

You must check the storage device in the vertical list, make sure that the size is the same as your device.

In the list above, put "The entire sector (all donénes will be deleted)" to erase the entire disc.

Choose - for safe and secure deletion - in Security> "Deleting complex (7 passages)" and click the "Delete" button.

Once this is done, CCleaner will ask you to enter the word "ERASE" for more security.

And here =)

Your USB drive is now erased, simply remove it and any of your data is not accessible.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask them in the comments below!

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