When you normally delete files on the Mac, the operating system is only forgetting where those particular files are placed, while the data still physically remains on the drive. Beginning with Mac OS X 10.3, Apple enhanced its security by introducing the Secure Empty Trash feature, which follows the U.S. DoD pattern of overwriting data seven times. This feature was then later removed in OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

Permanent Eraser provides additional wiping methods such as the 3-pass DoE or 35-pass Gutmann algorithms. This utility overwrites your data multiple times, scrambles the original file name, and truncates the file size to nothing before Permanent Eraser finally unlinks it from the system. Once your data has been erased, it can no longer be read through traditional means.

Note: Permanent Eraser is intended to erase files from mechanical hard drives, but is not intended for use on modern SSDs.

• Implements the Gutmann Method via SRM to remove files
• Erases the files in your Trash
• Erases CD-RWs and DVD-RWs
• Erases files dropped on the application icon
• Provides a warning dialog before files are erased (Press the Option key to bypass this warning)
• Localized for English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, and Welsh