Erase Files

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac can help you securely and permanently erase targeted files and folders from Mac, HDD/SSD, USB flash drive, memory card, digital camera, and other storage media device. Here is the user guide:

Step 1: Run DoYourData File Eraser for Mac on your Mac, select, add or drop files/folders to erasure list.

Please note that once the files/folders are erased by DoYourData File Eraser for Mac, they will be lost forever, no way to recover the erased files/folders. So, please don’t add the files/folders you don’t want to lose.

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

Step 2: Click on “Erase Now” button to permanently erase the selected files/folders. When the process gets finished, the files/folders are lost permanently. You can check the erasure history.

Click on “Erase Now” button.

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

Erasing the files/folders.

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

The erasure process gets finished, the files/folders are lost forever.

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

Erasure Histroy

Check data erasure history.

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

Data Erasure Algorithms

Set Data Erasure Algorithms.

  • HMG Infosec Standard 5 (1 Overwriting round)
  • Peter Gutmann's algorithm 2 (2 Overwriting rounds)
  • U.S. Army AR380-19 (3 Overwriting rounds)
  • DoD 5220.22-M ECE (7 Overwriting rounds)
  • Peter Gutmann's algorithm 35 (35 Overwriting rounds)

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

DoYourData File Eraser for Mac user guide

Tech Specification

System Requirements: macOS 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 10.15 (Catalina), macOS 10.14 (Mojave), macOS 10.13 (High Sierra), macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.8 (Mountain Lion), 10.7 (Lion), 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and Mac OS Server.

Supported Devices: You can erase data from Mac Desktop/Laptop/Server computer, HDD, SSD, memory card, digital camera, USB flash drive, external hard drive, RAID and other storage media device. (All T1/T2/M1/M1 Max/M1 Pro Chip machines are supported.)

Supported File Formats: You can erase all types of files including emails, images, videos, audio files, documents, archives, folders, raw files, etc.

File System: FAT 12/16/32, exFAT, HFS, HFS +, NTFS/NTFS +, ext 2/3/4, APFS and more.

Disk Space: at least 60 MB.

Please feel free to contact us by sending an email to support@doyourdata.com if you have any question.