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  2. List of data-erasing software - Wikipedia

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    Operating system required to run Maintained? Supported wipe methods Reports BleachBit: Andrew Ziem and contributors GNU General Public License: Windows, Linux: Yes external [1] on screen, Copy and Paste-able CCleaner: Piriform: Trialware: Windows, OS X: Yes external [2]? Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) Darik Horn GNU General Public License: OS ...

  3. How to free up space on your iPhone or iPad - AOL

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    At the top, you'll see a color-coded bar chart that outlines how much space certain categories of apps are taking up on your device. Read more...More about Iphone, Ipad, Iphone Storage, Ipad ...

  4. Trim (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The TRIM command enables an operating system to notify the SSD of pages which no longer contain valid data. For a file deletion operation, the operating system will mark the file's sectors as free for new data, then send a TRIM command to the SSD. After trimming, the SSD will not preserve any contents of the block when writing new data to a ...

  5. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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    Data erasure (sometimes referred to as data clearing, data wiping, or data destruction) is a software-based method of data sanitization that aims to completely destroy all electronic data residing on a hard disk drive or other digital media by overwriting data onto all sectors of the device in an irreversible process. By overwriting the data on ...

  6. Clear cache on a web browser - AOL Help

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    A browser's cache stores temporary website files which allows the site to load faster in future sessions. This data will be recreated every time you visit the webpage, though at times it can become corrupted.

  7. What does "free up disk space" mean — and how do you fix it?

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    Free up disk space by selecting the files, then right-clicking or choosing Empty Trash to delete them forever. Before you do, of course, give the trash a once-over to make sure nothing was tossed ...

  8. Clear the cache on supported mobile browsers - AOL Help

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    1. Launch the iOS Settings app. 2. Tap Safari. 3. Tap Clear History and Website Data to confirm.

  9. Gutmann method - Wikipedia

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    The Gutmann method is an algorithm for securely erasing the contents of computer hard disk drives, such as files.Devised by Peter Gutmann and Colin Plumb and presented in the paper Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory in July 1996, it involved writing a series of 35 patterns over the region to be erased.