Wipe free space drives.

[burrago]

In CC Cleaner settings there is an option to "Wipe free space drives"

 What does this mean?

    Alan.

[trium]

hello alan,

here the documentation for this:

https://www.ccleaner.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space

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Method 2 (Manually wipe with Drive Wiper):

1. Select Tools > Drive Wiper
2. Choose the type of wipe you require:
   1. Free Space Only will leave your normal files intact
   2. Entire Drive will erase all of the files on the drive.  WARNING, this means the whole of the partition will be erased.  The drive will still be formatted, but all data will be erased.  For safety reasons, this feature is disabled for the boot drive.
3. Choose the type of security you require (Simple Overwrite is ok for most situations)
4. CCleaner will warn you before proceeding

 

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[trium]

here another documentation with a little bit more informations:

https://support.piriform.com/hc/en-us/articles/204043884-Using-CCleaner-s-Drive-Wiper

please dont use it on your ssd.