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Mac Terminal command that securely removes files from Trash using incredibly secure 35-pass method. That basically means that first the data is removed, then written over 35 times using randomly generated patterns, making recovery quite literally impossible.
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# Command to empty Trash with 35-pass security method. This is the most secure deletion, | |
# so you will not be able to recover any file deleted with this method. | |
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username. | |
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srm -rfv /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/* | |
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# Command to empty Trash with 7-pass security method that meets the | |
# US Department of Defense standard for securely erasing data. | |
# Notice '-m' flag in the command that applies "medium" removal security (7-pass). | |
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username. | |
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srm -rfv -m /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/* | |
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# Command that forcibly & securely removes all locked or owned files with Super User | |
# permissions. This is as secure (35-pass) and as ‘dangerous’ as it gets because of | |
# the superuser access. Use with extreme caution and do not use this is unless you | |
# know what you're doing and why you're doing it. | |
# The '-f' flag adds force removal of the files, so you'll never get any notification | |
# when programm is deleting files. | |
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username. | |
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sudo srm -rf /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/* | |
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# Any of the command above could be added into your Mac user .profile file as an alias | |
# to make removal command just shorter. | |
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# If you don't have .profile file in the root folder of your user, just create it. | |
# Replace <MAC_USER> with your Mac username. | |
sudo touch /Users/<MAC_USER>/.profile | |
# If you already have .profile file or just created, open it for edition: | |
sudo nano /Users/<MAC_USER>/.profile | |
# And add any of the commands above as an alias: | |
alias secureEmptyTrash="srm -rfv /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*" | |
alias emptyTrash="srm -rfv -m /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*" | |
alias forceEmptyTrash="sudo srm -rf /Users/<MAC_USER>/.Trash/*" | |
# To save and close .profile file edition mode, hit 'CTRL + O' keys on your keyboard, | |
# then hit Enter (/return) key to overwrite and last 'CTRL + X' to exit edition mode. | |
# Reload your .profile file after its being edited. That makes sure your newly created | |
# commands aliases are available in the Terminal. | |
. ~/.profile | |
# And you're ready to use aliases any time you open Terminal: | |
secureEmptyTrash |
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