Wipe Vs Shred Vs Delete Vs Erase What S The Difference
You can delete a file without erasing it, erase a drive without wiping it, shred a file without deleting it, and wipe hundreds of files at once…that were already deleted. Confused? I’m not surprised! These four terms—wipe, shred, delete, and erase—might sometimes be used interchangeably, but they shouldn’t be. Each word implies something different being done to a file, folder, or even space that looks empty, on a hard drive, flash drive, or some other storage device....