How do I PERMANENTLY delete a file on mt computer?

Question

Ive deletd a file from a folder in (my documents) but when I go to that folder it asks if I want to see a previous version and there it is.I want to delete that so no one can go back and view it.This my be stored on the server at my work.Is there anyway I can delete this ?

Answer 1

Get a cache cleaner

John
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Answer 2

There is only one correct answer here, and that depends on what you call permanently deleted. It is very dependent on whom you are trying to hide the information from. You can never ever totally erase information from a hard drive, unless you acknowledge that you will never ever use that drive again. The answer to total eradication of information, is to pass the drive under a powerful electron magnet. That will ensure that the drive is totally unuseable. Now if you use a diskwiper, which will overwrite your information. It will overwrite anywhere from one overwrite to thirtytwo overwrites. However, there truly does exist software that can recover info after that. But of course not everybody has acess to that. I personally for work purposes use a wiper and wipe our drives 5 times, and install an operating system over that. That is pretty safe - if the stuff you are trying to hide is more important than that, remove the drive and either pass it under a powerful electron magnet, or toss it into an ocean or very deep lake without anyone seeing you.

Have a good one

Answer 3

technically you cant without reformatting the drive, Deletion only gives the computer autharization to overwrite the data in that location, it doesnt always do it in good time, thats why investigaters can retrieve deleted data from hard drives.

Answer 4

Try eraser from http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

It overwrites the data 35 times making it almost impossible to recover.

Answer 5

have you tried looking in the recyle bin?if it's still there you can permantley delete it.

Answer 6

get a file shredder