| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |
| Name
!Developer
!Licensing
!Operating system required to run
!Maintained?
!Supported wipe methods
!Reports |
|---|
| BleachBit
| Andrew Ziem and contributors
| {{Free|GNU General Public License}}
| Windows, Linux
| {{yes}}
| external[{{cite web|title=BleachBit Features|url=https://www.bleachbit.org/features|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{unknown|on screen, Copy and Paste-able}} |
| CCleaner
| Piriform
| {{Nonfree|Trialware}}
| Windows, OS X
| {{yes}}
| external[{{cite web|title=CCleaner Features|url=https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/features|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{unknown|?}} |
| Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
| Darik Horn
| {{free|GNU General Public License}}
| OS independent, based on Linux
| {{no}}
| external[{{cite web|title=DBAN / Blancco Feature Comparison|url=http://dban.org/download|accessdate=3 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402111146/http://www.dban.org/download|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=dead}}]
| {{unknown|?}} |
dd[{{cite web|last=Elliot|first=Duncan|title=Using "dd" and "urandom" to write random data to a disk|url=https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/duncanelliot/entry/using_dd_and_urandom_to_write_random_data_to_a_disk?lang=en|work=Duncan Elliot's blog|publisher=IBM|accessdate=17 March 2014|date=11 November 2009}}][{{cite web|last=Hodgetts|first=Benjamin|title=Securely Wiping (Zero Writing) a Drive|url=http://robotbutler.org/article/36|work=Robot Butler|accessdate=17 March 2014|date=4 December 2010}}]
|
| {{Depends|Same as host OS}}
| Unix
| {{yes}}
| external
| {{no|not directly supported without scripting}} |
| Disk Utility
| Apple
| {{Nonfree|Commercial proprietary software}}
| OS X
| {{yes}}
| external[{{cite web|title=OS X: About Disk Utility's erase free space feature|url=https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201949|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{unknown|?}} |
| Eraser
| Heidi Computers Limited
| {{Free|GNU GPL v3}}
| Windows
| {{yes}}
| external[{{cite web|title=Appendix A: Erasure Methods|url=https://eraser.heidi.ie/appendix-a-erasure-methods/|accessdate=31 January 2019}}]
| {{unknown|?}} |
| HDDerase
| University of California, San Diego
| {{free|Freeware}}
| OS independent, based on DOS
| {{no}}
| internal[{{cite web|title=HDDErase Readme|url=http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/documents/HDDEraseReadMe.txt|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{unknown|?}} |
| hdparm
| Mark Lord
| {{free|BSD license}}
| Linux
| {{yes}}
| internal[{{cite web|title=kernel.org ATA wiki|url=https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{no|not directly supported without scripting}} |
| nwipe
| Martijn van Brummelen
| {{Free|GNU GPL v2}}
| Linux
| {{yes}}
| external
| {{yes}} |
| Parted_Magic
| Patrick Verner, Parted Magic LLC
| {{depends|uses mostly GPL components with published source, a few proprietary components, and fee for media/download[{{cite web|title=Parted Magic software components|url=https://partedmagic.com/programs/|work=Parted Magic software list|date=3 April 2016}}][{{cite web|title=Parted Magic source code|url=https://partedmagic.com/source/|accessdate=3 April 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20160411043400/https://partedmagic.com/source/|archivedate=11 April 2016}}]}}
| OS independent, based on Slackware Linux
| {{yes}}
| internal, external[{{cite web|title=Parted Magic Secure Erase|url=https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/|work=Parted Magic web site|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{yes|CSV, TXT, and extended TXT}}[{{cite web|title=Parted Magic Secure Erase|url=https://partedmagic.com/secure-erase/|work=Parted Magic web site|accessdate=3 April 2016}}] |
| shred
| GNU Project
| {{Free|GNU GPL v3}}
| Unix
| {{yes}}
| external[{{cite web|title=shred invocation|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.html|accessdate=3 April 2016}}]
| {{no|not directly supported without scripting}} |
| ShredIt
| Mireth Technology, Burningthumb Software
| {{Nonfree|Trialware}}
| Windows, OS X
| {{yes}}
| {{unknown|?}}
| {{unknown|?}} |
| srm
| Dirk Jagdmann
| {{Free|MIT License}}[{{cite web|title=secure rm|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/srm/|work=SourceForge|publisher=Dice Holdings|date=31 January 2014}}]
| Unix
| {{yes}}
| external
| {{no|not directly supported without scripting}} |