Wipe Files 0.3
Free Version
Publisher Description
Wipes files by overwriting contents with random data before deleting them.
Normally, when you delete a file, its name is removed from the directory listing and its disk space is made available for other files. The data remains intact on the disk and can be recovered quite easily. Confidential data, that you think has been deleted, is actually still there. This app overwrites the contents of files with random data before deleting it. You can optionally specify that files should also be overwritten with zeroes and that multiple passes of random and zero wipes be performed.
The app is open source. The source code is available at https://github.com/peterhearty/WipeFiles.
I wrote this as an exercise to learn Android programming. I don't consider it to be production quality code.
USE ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
The Android 4 restrictions on writing to an external SD card apply to this app.
Note that secure wiping of Solid State Disks may not always have the desired effect. When you overwrite data on an SSD, the SSD controller may move the data in order to optimise the disk's lifetime. This can result in multiple copies of the data being scattered across the disk. A wipe of free space can partially help with this but at the expense of greatly reduced disk life. Even then, SSDs contain large amounts of unaddressable redundant data that cannot be deleted by conventional means. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNlobn2CinQ for further details.
About Wipe Files
Wipe Files is a free app for Android published in the System Maintenance list of apps, part of System Utilities.
The company that develops Wipe Files is Peter Hearty. The latest version released by its developer is 0.3.
To install Wipe Files on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2016-02-22 and was downloaded 8 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Wipe Files as malware as malware if the download link to uk.org.platitudes.wipefiles is broken.
How to install Wipe Files on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the Wipe Files is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by Wipe Files will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- Wipe Files will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
