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What Does File Shredder Do?

You can think of File Shredder as a physical file shredder: it does pretty much the same thing. The program will permanently destroy deleted digital files to prevent the possibility of their recovery.

Typically, when you delete files on your PC, they are marked by the system as deleted but in fact remain on your drives until they get overwritten with other data. This means that anyone with the right tools can technically get to your data and have it recovered.

When you delete sensitive files, such as tax returns, banking documents, files containing your SSN, password lists, personal notes, etc., you will probably want to do everything in your power to prevent unauthorized recovery of those files. And here's where File Shredder comes in so handy.

How to Use File Shredder?

File Shredder is one of the many useful features available in Auslogics BoostSpeed, a program that professionally enhances the performance of your PC. BoostSpeed optimizes the way your PC works by removing unneeded system and user temporary files (such as web browser cache, unused logs, leftover Windows Update files, temporary Sun Java files, unneeded Microsoft Office cache, and a lot more). By reclaiming gigabytes of hard disk space, your PC starts running faster and you get to enjoy a boost in performance without expensive hardware upgrades.

Once you have BoostSpeed downloaded and installed on your PC, you will also gain access to the File Shredder tool. In order to start using the tool:

1. Go to the All Tools tab in BoostSpeed.
2. Under Security Tools, locate File Shredder.
3. Click the program to open it — it will launch in a new window.

Once you have opened the program, you will be able to drag files from a Windows Explorer window and drop them directly into the File Shredder window. Alternatively, you will be able to add files by clicking the Add button (or using the drop-down menu on the Add button).
When you have added all the files that you want to have permanently deleted from your PC, you can simply click the Shred button that you will find at the bottom of the screen.

Why Use File Shredder?

Keeps your data safe

As already highlighted above, simply deleting files from your PC does not mean they are really gone. And if you have sensitive information that you don’t want to fall into the wrong hands, using a program like File Shredder will make sure this won’t happen and the files will be gone from your system for good.

Guards your privacy

There are lots of reasons why you might want to have certain sensitive information inaccessible to other parties. For instance, if you use your work computer for other purposes and have some private data stored on it or if your home PC is used by several people, you may want to delete certain data after you are done working on your PC without the option for it being restored by other people.

Saves you time

File Shredder is really easy to use and can permanently delete several files at once. This means that you won’t have to worry about deleting sensitive data items one by one and will get to save lots of time by having them all removed automatically via File Shredder.

File Shredder is just one of the many useful tools that come aboard Auslogics BoostSpeed. The program does wonders for optimizing your PC for maximum efficiency and speeding up all system processes. By safely removing unnecessary files from your PC, Auslogics BoostSpeed restores the abilities of your computer and enhances its functionality with lots of useful features like Auto Internet Optimizer.