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Sony Handycam camcorder is one of the best camcorders on the market. Shooting videos with this well-designed camcorder is simple and convenient. But, if you are going to sell, donate or dispose your Sony Handycam camcorder, you’d better permanently erase your private videos on it. Here, we will show you an easy and safe way to permanently delete videos on Sony Handycam camcorder.

permanently erase videos from Sony Handycam camcorder

Why do you need to permanently delete videos on Sony Handycam camcorder?

We know that data recovery software can easily recover deleted/lost videos from any camcorder including Sony Handycam camcorder. So, if you don’t want to other people have the potential chance to recover your private videos from a Sony Handycam camcorder, you have to find a solution to permanently delete or erase your videos on the Sony Handycam camcorder to prevent data recovery.

Considering the security issue, you need to permanently erase your videos on Sony Handycam camcorder before you sell, donate or discard the Sony Handycam camcorder, even before you lend your Sony Handycam camcorder to other person.

How to permanently delete videos on Sony Handycam camcorder?

There are some data erasure programs can help you securely and permanently delete videos and other data on Sony Handycam camcorder. Here, we recommend DoYourData Super Eraser. It can help you securely and permanently erase videos on Sony Handycam camcorder without causing any physical damage. This data erasure software offers certified data erasure standards, ensures permanently erasing your data.

And, to meet different data erasure needs, it offers three flexible data erasure modes.

Mode 1: Shred videos on Sony Handycam camcorder.

This mode can help you selectively shred videos on Sony Handycam camcorder. Just add the videos from Sony Handycam camcorder to the erasure list, then click on Erase Now button. The selected videos will be permanently erased.

permanently erase videos from Sony Handycam camcorder

Mode 2: Wipe all videos on Sony Handycam camcorder.

If you want to wipe all existing videos and history videos on this Sony Handycam camcorder, you can wipe the Sony Handycam camcorder to permanently erase all your videos and traces on the Sony Handycam camcorder.

permanently erase videos from Sony Handycam camcorder

Mode 3: Only erase deleted/lost videos on Sony Handycam camcorder.

This mode will wipe free disk space of the Sony Handycam camcorder and permanently erase already deleted/lost videos on your Sony Handycam camcorder. It will not erase the existing videos.

permanently erase videos from Sony Handycam camcorder

You can choose one of the modes to permanently delete/erase videos on Sony Handycam camcorder. DoYourData Super Eraser is fully compatible with Windows and Mac OS. So, you can permanently delete videos from Sony Handycam camcorder on a PC or a Mac. Just download this powerful data erasure software.

DoYourData Super Eraser also can help you fix logical issues on your Sony Handycam camcorder. Just choose Disk Repair tool to scan the Sony Handycam camcorder to find and fix logical errors. This tool also can help you quickly format Sony Handycam camcorder memory card, just click on Format button to format the Sony Handycam camcorder.

permanently erase videos from Sony Handycam camcorder

As said above, DoYourData Super Eraser will permanently erase your data. So, please backup your important data before you use it to erase Sony Handycam camcorder. Once your videos are erased by DoYourData Super Eraser, there is no way to get the lost videos back - even you use the most powerful data recovery software.

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Written & Updated by Shirly Chen

Shirly Chen has been writing data recovery, data erasure articles for DoYourData over 4 years. She has been working as a professional website content writer & editor for quite a long time. She also writes articles about disk clone, Mac optimization, disk backup, etc.

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