How Do I Permanently Delete Files from My Hard Drive Windows 7?
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How do I permanently delete files on Windows 7?

If you want to permanently delete a file immediately, hit Shift+Del on your keyboard and then confirm your choice by hitting Shift+Enter.

How do you permanently delete files so they Cannot be recovered?

To make sure that a single file can’t be recovered, you can use a “file-shredding” application such as Eraser to delete it. When a file is shredded or erased, not only is it deleted, but its data is overwritten entirely, preventing other people from recovering it.

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