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File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! on Windows Pc

Developed By: Emile Gee

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 21, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	1.0
Size	3.7 MB
Release Date	March 08, 21
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]
What's New: Initial release! [see more]
Description from Developer: The contents of a file are not cleared when normally deleting a file. Forensic tools and file recovery tools can be used to recover files which have not been securely deleted. Fil... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! and install on Windows PC. File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! is free Tools app, developed by Emile Gee. Latest version of File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! is 1.0, was released on 2021-03-08 (updated on 2024-04-21). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! on Windows?

Instruction on how to install File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted!" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted!" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.

Download File Shredder - Keep Deleted Files Deleted! 1.0 on Windows PC – 3.7 MB

The contents of a file are not cleared when normally deleting a file. Forensic tools and file recovery tools can be used to recover files which have not been securely deleted.

File Shredder is a simple, handy app that makes deleted files on your internal storage unrecoverable by overwriting all available space with zeros or random data (see modes below). This means recoverable data from deleted files such as images, videos, databases, is replaced with useless bytes.

A large file is created on the selected storage device which will fill remaining space on the device. This app does NOT delete any existing files.

Any storage device that is visible to Android's Storage Access Framework can be shredded.

You can choose between different shredding modes:
- Zeros - overwrites free space with zeros (fastest)
- Random - overwrites free space with random data
- Secure Random - overwrites free space with cryptographically secure random data (slowest)

File Shredder can also shred individual files and directories. This involves overwriting the files with data from the chosen mode, overwriting the file's name with a random name (longer than the original name), and finally deleting the file normally.

File Shredder has been tested with a handful of file recovery apps available for Android (including root ones that directly read from block storage devices) and all were unable to recover any deleted files after using this app.

NOTE: flash memory used in phones has limited durability - it is recommended that File Shredder is not used as a habit, but rather only when it's needed. Additionally, flash memory usually comes with 'wear levelling' features, which means that writing to the same 'file' twice does not necessarily mean that the same physical location on the flash memory will be written to. This means it is possible (but rather unlikely) that very sophisticated recovery methods that look at wear levelling blocks of the device's flash memory could pick up fragments of deleted files. Running File Shredder multiple times may reduce this chance (although it is quite low to begin with).

Initial release!

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.