Why use secur<h1 id="risks">Limitations of file deletion?</h1>

<h1 id="risks">Limitations of file deletion</h1>

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See also [[!wikipedia Data_erasure desc="Wikipedia: %s"]].</p>
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See also [[!wikipedia Data_erasure desc="Wikipedia: Data Erasure"]].

**Operating systems do not actually remove the contents of a file when ithe file is
deleted**, even after emptying the trash or explicitly removing the file, from
the command line for example.
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Operating systems do not actually remove the content of a file when the file is deleted, even after emptying the trash or removing the file from the command line.

Securely delete<h2 id="tails">Use Tails to avoid saving files</h2>

<h2 id="tails">Use Tails to avoid saving files</h2>

<h2 id="encrypt">Encrypt your storage devices</h2>

<h2 id="overwrite">Overwrite the entire device</h2>

Plug in the USB stick or SSDdevice that you want to securely delereformat and overwrite.

Plug in the device that you want to reformat and overwrite.

A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it:.

A new device appears in the list of devices. Click on it.

In the **Format Disk** dialog:

In the **Format Disk** dialog:

Click **Format**.