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	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	[[!meta title="Securely deleting files"]]
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Tails previously included tools to *wipe* files and available disk space. We removed these tools from Tails 6.0 (February 2024), because we think that they are not reliable enough on modern storage devices, such as USB sticks and Solid-State Drives (SSDs).
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	To better protect from data recovery, use encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device, or disintegrate it physically.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	To better protect from data recovery, use encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device, or disintegrate it physically.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h1 id="risks">Limitations of file deletion</h1>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	See also [[!wikipedia Data_erasure desc="Wikipedia: Data Erasure"]].
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="delete">Deleting a file does not erase its content</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	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.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	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.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Instead, operating systems only mark the space that was used by the deleted file as available for future files, because it is much faster to do. However, the content of the deleted file remains on the device until the operating system reuses the space for another file.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<p>Simple data recovery tools can recover deleted files.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>Simple data recovery tools can recover deleted files.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h2 id="copy">Other copies of the data might be stored elsewhere</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="copy">Other copies of the data might be stored elsewhere</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Other copies of the data might exist elsewhere on the device:
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Other copies of the data might exist elsewhere on the device:
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Some applications, for example, office applications, store temporary backup versions of the file to be able to recover from failures.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Some applications, for example, office applications, store temporary backup versions of the file to be able to recover from failures.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Modern operating systems can store a *journal*, a history of recent changes to the file system, or *snapshots*, an image of the file system at a particular point in time.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Modern operating systems can store a *journal*, a history of recent changes to the file system, or *snapshots*, an image of the file system at a particular point in time.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>Simple data recovery tools can recover these other copies.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h2 id="spare">Spare memory cells can store a hidden copy of the data</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="spare">Spare memory cells can store a hidden copy of the data</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Flash memory devices, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives), have *spare memory cells* that are used to replace broken memory cells over time. Modern hard disks also integrate small flash memories for performance and reliability.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Flash memory devices, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives), have *spare memory cells* that are used to replace broken memory cells over time. Modern hard disks also integrate small flash memories for performance and reliability.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Any data that was stored in the device can remain available in these spare cells.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Any data that was stored in the device can remain available in these spare cells.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	These spare cells are managed directly by the device and neither the user nor the operating system can control what is stored in them.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	These spare cells are managed directly by the device and neither the user nor the operating system can control what is stored in them.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<p>Specialized data recovery companies can recover data from spare cells.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>Specialized data recovery companies can recover data from spare cells.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h1 id="mitigation">Mitigation techniques</h1>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h1 id="mitigation">Mitigation techniques</h1>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Given the limitations described above, there is no perfect solution to file deletion.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Given the limitations described above, there is no perfect solution to file deletion.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	To better protect from data recovery, you can use one or a combination of these mitigation techniques, depending on the sensitivity of your data and the risks.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	To better protect from data recovery, you can use one or a combination of these mitigation techniques, depending on the sensitivity of your data and the risks.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h2 id="tails">Use Tails to avoid saving files</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="tails">Use Tails to avoid saving files</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	All the files that you use in Tails disappear automatically when you shut down, except the files that you choose to store in the Persistent Storage or other storage devices.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	All the files that you use in Tails disappear automatically when you shut down, except the files that you choose to store in the Persistent Storage or other storage devices.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	By making it easy to avoid saving files to storage devices in the first place, using Tails is already an important mitigation technique given the limitations of file deletion.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	By making it easy to avoid saving files to storage devices in the first place, using Tails is already an important mitigation technique given the limitations of file deletion.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h2 id="encrypt">Encrypt your storage devices</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="encrypt">Encrypt your storage devices</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	When all the data on your device is encrypted, data recovery tools can only recover encrypted data that is useless without your passphrase.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	To better protect deleted files from data recovery, you can reformat your device and create another encryption with a different passphrase.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	For compatibility with Tails only or with another Linux, use [[LUKS encrypted volumes|encrypted_volumes]].
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	For compatibility with Windows or macOS, use [[VeraCrypt encrypted volumes|veracrypt]].
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>Take into account that you could be forced or tricked to give out your passphrase.</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	<h2 id="overwrite">Overwrite the entire device</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="overwrite">Overwrite the entire device</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	To better protect deleted files from data recovery, you can also reformat and overwrite the entire device with zeroes.	Para proteger mejor los archivos borrados de la recuperación de datos, también puedes reformatear y sobrescribir todo el dispositivo con ceros.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	To better protect deleted files from data recovery, you can also reformat and overwrite the entire device with zeroes.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Even if some data could still be recovered from [[spare memory cells|secure_deletion#spare]], overwriting the entire device is especially important if the device is not encrypted.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	To do so:
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Open the *Disks* utility.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	All the current storage devices are listed in the left pane.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Plug in the device that you want to reformat and overwrite.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	A new device appears in the list of devices. Click on it.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Check that the brand and size of the device in the right pane corresponds to your device.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	In the **Format Disk** dialog:	En el diálogo **Formatea el disco**:
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	In the **Format Disk** dialog:	Na caixa de diálogo **Formatar disco**:
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Spanish	Choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes (Slow)** in the **Erase** menu.	Elige <span class="guilabel">Compatible con todos los sistemas y dispositivos (MBR/DOS)</span> en el menú desplegable <span class="guilabel">Tipo</span>.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Choose **Overwrite existing data with zeroes (Slow)** in the **Erase** menu.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>Overwriting existing data does not erase all data on flash memories, such as USB sticks and SSDs (Solid-State Drives).</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<p>See the [[limitations of file deletion|doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#spare]].</p>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Choose **Compatible with all systems and devices (MBR/DOS)** in the **Partitioning** menu.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Click **Format**.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	In the confirmation dialog, make sure that the device is correct.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	Click **Format** to confirm.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	<h2 id="destroy">Physically destroy the device</h2>
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	As a last resort, physically destroying the device gives the strongest guarantee against data recovery.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	It is unreliable to break the device into a few pieces or burn it with wood fire.
	Tails/wiki/src/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion.*.po — Portuguese	For top secret documents, the National Security Agency ([[!wikipedia NSA]]) of the USA recommends disintegration into particles of 2 mm. This can be achieved using a [good quality household blender](https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol16/iss2/1/).