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I was about to shred files on a new Solid State Drive but the shredding app warned me it was not a good idea because it would be inefficient and would also reduce the lifespan of the drive.

Is there any way to shred files the harshest way possible on a SSD with out having to physically destroy it?

Thank you.

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  • Interesting question. You probably just need to overwrite once, not use a 7 or 21 pass, etc algorithm. I havent heard of people being able to recover overwritten data from SSDs... – Keltari Jun 19 '13 at 02:32
  • @Keltari it is possible. – cutrightjm Jun 19 '13 at 03:55

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This has been covered on ServerFault here.

Doesn't look like there is a way to delete just one file with any degree of security. Wiping the drive completely seems to work ok. Of course, I believe the only way to destroy data is total, physical destruction.

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