How to Permanently Erase WPS Documents?

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• How to Delete WPS Documents?
• Three methods to permanently erase WPS documents
• Conclusion
• FAQs About Erasing WPS Documents

WPS is a great office software. Many users save WPS Word documents, Spreadsheet files on computer. After a long-time use, there might be many WPS documents on your computer. However, in some cases, you may need to remove the WPS documents due to reasons. For example, if you are going to sell or donate your computer, you’d better permanently erase all WPS documents on your computer to avoid data leakage. If you need to change the working computer in office, you also need to wipe the WPS documents with sensitive data on the old computer.

Mostly, users choose to delete the WPS documents directly. However, whether you delete all the WPS documents or format the hard drive where you store the WPS documents, you can’t permanently erase them. Data recovery software can easily and completely recover lost WPS documents from HDD, SSD, emptied recycle bin or external device. To permanently erase your WPS documents, you need special data erasure software.

How to Delete WPS Documents?

To delete WPS documents, you can first select the WPS documents and right-click to select Deleted option to put the files into recycle bin.

Or you can delete the WPS documents by selecting them first, the press the Shift + Del keys. This operation will delete the WPS documents completely from the drive without putting the files into recycle bin.

Will the WPS documents be gone forever on the computer? No, after deleting WPS documents and emptying the recycle bin, the WPS documents can still be recovered.

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Three methods to permanently erase WPS documents

How to permanently remove WPS documents from the computer and avoid data recovery? You need to find a reliable data wiping tool to help you completely wipe the WPS documents. DoYourData Super Eraser can help you permanently erase WPS documents from PC, Mac, HDD, SSD, memory card, portable hard drive, USB flash drive, Server system, etc. It offers three flexible modes to help you permanently erase WPS documents or other files.

DoYourData Super Eraser is one of the most powerful data erasure software. It offers certified data erasure standards including HMG Infosec Standard 5, Baseline; DOD 5220.22-M; U.S. Army AR380-19; Peter Gutmann's algorithm. It can help you securely and permanently erase all types of files including WPS documents. Once the WPS documents are erased by DoYourData Super Eraser, the erased WPS documents will be gone forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software.

After installing the software, you can then permanent erase WPS documents with different 3 methods:

Mode 1: Selectively erase WPS documents.

You need to select the mode Erase Files/Folders. Here, you can choose all the WPS documents you want to permanently delete and add them to the erasure list. After that, you have to click on the Erase Now button to delete all your selected WPS documents.

Mode 2: Wipe all WPS documents from hard drive.

If you want to permanently delete all WPS documents along with all data from a drive, this mode Wipe Hard Drive the best option. Here, you have to click on the Wipe Now button and let DoYourData Super Eraser erase all data including WPS documents on this hard drive.

Mode 3: Wipe deleted WPS documents.

The third mode Wipe Free Space allows users to wipe all deleted WPS documents. It wipes free disk space of the hard drive and permanently erase all deleted data including deleted WPS documents. It will not erase existing data on your hard drive.

Once your WPS documents are erased by DoYourData Super Eraser, the WPS documents will be lost forever, can’t be recovered by any data recovery software. So, please make a backup of your needed WPS documents before you permanently erase them, in case you need them in the future.

DoYourData Super Eraser is 100% safe data erasure software. It will not cause any damage to your computer or hard drive. Just download it on your computer and permanently erase sensitive data before you sell or donate your computer.

Conclusion

For most users, they may think deleted WPS documents or other data and then the information was gone forever. The truth is the deleted files can be easily recovered with different data recovery methods. If some files contain confidential information, like work projects, personal accounts, financial data, or others, it's not safe just deleting them.

To prevent data leakage, ensure to shred important and sensitive files with professional data erasure software, such as DoYourData Super Eraser. It can help you shred files or wipe removed data permanently from the computer and no way to get the data with any data recovery methods.

FAQs About Erasing WPS Documents

1. Is the deleted WPS documents gone forever?

When you delete WPS documents on a computer, it’s not immediately gone forever. System just marks the documents as deleted and the space of the documents on the hard drive is marked as available for reuse. You cannot see or access the deleted files within system. However, the files can still be get back with professional data recovery tools.

2. Could the deleted WPS documents be recovered in any way?

Yes, it's easy to recover the deleted WPS documents with the software Do Your Data Recovery. You can just get back the deleted files with a few steps:

• Download and run the software on your computer.
• Choose the drive where the deleted WPS documents located.
• Click the Scan button and the software will search for the deleted files.
• After the scan is finished, you can see and choose the deleted WPS documents to recover.

3. Why it's necessary to wipe the WPS documents permanently?

If the WPS documents contain information that is private or sensitive, deletion operation will not wipe the files from the drive permanently. With professional methods, other people would get the information by recovering the files. It will cause loss to your life, business.

4. How to permanently shred WPS documents?

To permanently shred WPS documents, you can use DoYourData Super Eraser. It can shred files and ensure permanent deletion.

• Run the software and choose "Erase Files/Folders".
• Click "Add" to select WPS documents or folders to add into the list.
• Click "Erase Now" button to shred all the selected files/folders.

After shredding the files, there will be no method to get back these files. So, ensure to check and select the correct documents or folders to erase.

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