Permanent Bulk File Shredder
Destroy a lot of files at once. An ordinary delete only forgets where a file was, which is why recovery tools work; this overwrites the contents, replaces the name, then deletes it — for every file in the queue. Built around the total rather than the list: how many gigabytes are queued, how many have gone, and what is left. Drop in whole folders. Entirely on your PC.
Built for hundreds of files, not for one.
See it in action
About Permanent Bulk File Shredder
Clearing out a drive, decommissioning a laptop, emptying a folder of years of scans. The problem is never one file, it is four hundred — and deleting them only tells Windows to forget where they were. The contents sit there until something else needs the space, which is why recovery tools work months later.
Permanent Bulk File Shredder is built for the four hundred.
The total, not the list
The thing you want to know when you are destroying a lot of files is how much is left. So the app leads on the number: gigabytes queued, gigabytes destroyed, and a running tally of what is done, what failed and what is still to come.
What it actually does
Each file's contents are overwritten and flushed to the disk, its name is replaced so the leftover directory entry gives nothing away, its length is set to nothing, and then it is deleted. Turn on the thorough setting and the overwriting is repeated with alternating patterns and random data.
Drop in folders
A folder brings everything inside it. Drag them from Explorer, pick them from a dialog, or select them and use the right-click menu — a selection of two hundred opens one window with two hundred files in it, not two hundred windows.
Reported honestly
Anything that could not be destroyed is named with the reason: another program has it open, or you do not have permission to touch it. Nothing is skipped quietly, and the count at the end is the count that actually happened.
It asks once before it starts. There is no undo, and nothing lands in the Recycle Bin.
What nobody can promise
On a solid-state drive the controller decides where data physically lives and may have moved a copy beyond the operating system's reach. This app overwrites each file as the system presents it, which is everything software can do. Any tool claiming more than that on an SSD is guessing.
On your PC, and nowhere else
There is no account, no sign-in, no upload and no telemetry. The app has no network code in it at all and works with the connection turned off.
Features
- Built for a lot of files at once — hundreds in a queue is the normal case
- One running total: how much is queued, and how much has been destroyed
- Overwrites the file's contents, then its name, then deletes it
- Deleting normally only forgets where a file was — this writes over it
- A thorough switch for when one pass is not enough
- Drop in a folder and everything inside it goes
- A tally of destroyed, failed and remaining, updated as it runs
- Anything that could not be destroyed is named with the reason
- Asks once before it starts, because there is no undo
- No account, no upload and no server processing
Details
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809 or later) and Windows 11
- Download
- About 16.1 MB
- Version
- 2.0.4, updated October 2026
- First released
- June 2023
- Price
- $2.99 once. No subscription.
- Category
- Utilities & tools
What's new in 2.0.4
- A running total built for bulk: gigabytes queued and gigabytes destroyed, with a tally of done, failed and remaining as it goes
- Drag and drop from Explorer, and a right-click selection of hundreds of files opens one window instead of one each
- Files are overwritten in place rather than through a temporary copy, so a second copy of your data no longer exists while the run is going and nothing readable is left if it is interrupted
- Anything that could not be destroyed is named with the reason instead of being skipped silently
- A long run can be cancelled, and everything already done is already gone
- A redesigned interface, in light or dark, and it can follow Windows instead if you prefer
Questions
Anything else? Ask us
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and Windows 11.
Is it a subscription?
No. Permanent Bulk File Shredder is a one-time purchase of $2.99, and updates are included.
How do I get it?
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