FICHA · AUR

wipefreespace

Securely wipe the free space on an ext2/3/4,NTFS, XFS, ReiserFSv3, ReiserFSv4, FAT12/16/32, Minix, JFS and HFS+ partition or drive

  • free-space-wiper
  • TERMINAL
  • CLI
  • STORAGE
  • Launchable
  • Runs in terminal
official+codex · reviewed · Jun 5, 2026 description in en

Description

Previously deleted data can be made harder to recover by wiping free space on supported filesystems. Administrators can sanitize ext, NTFS, XFS, ReiserFS, FAT, Minix, JFS, or HFS+ volumes; the process can fill disks, wear flash storage, and is difficult to undo.

How to run

wipefreespace

Commands: wipefreespace

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