How to Erase Data From a Computer Before Selling. When you sell a computer, it is always in your best interest to completely erase all of the data on your hard drive before the computer changes hands.

Secure Erase overwrites every single track on the hard drive. That includes the data on "bad blocks", the data left at the end of partly overwritten blocks, directories, everything.

Configure your browser settings to automatically delete all browsing data when you exit the application if you don't want any traces of browsing history saved to your hard drive.

Data is of utmost importance for businesses and consumers in today’s digital world. Everything from documents, emails, and passwords to financial information is stored on your hard drives or SSDs.

Because Google Drive saves data from all of your Google accounts, it’s easy to run out of space. Fortunately, deleting files and freeing up space is equally simple. Here’s how to go about it Google ...

If you need to get rid of a Mac or external drive, how do you ensure that no one can access the data on it? Adam Engst runs through the various methods you can employ, one or more of which should ...

Learn how to remove or delete Volume or Drive Partition, on HDD or SSD using Disk Management, Command Prompt or PowerShell.

Secure erase Delete doesn't delete your data. All that delete does is erase file's reference information in the disk directory, marking the blocks as free for reuse.

Learn how to delete one, multiple or all Google Drive files at once, and also how to delete files permanently in Google Drive.

If you have a hard drive you want to recycle, remember the data may still live on. Proper drive destruction can protect you and your data once you've backed it up somewhere else.

Like most apps and websites, Google Drive has a cache of data it uses to quickly load information you've accessed recently.