Delete your files securely on right click

HowTo, Tech Blogs, Security, Blogging, Windows, Freeware, Privacy January 3rd, 2007

Apparently I am on the right click menu this period.

You know that when you delete a file by sending it to the Recycle Bin, the file isn’t actually deleted.

So if you are one of those who want to keep things clean and secure, you might want to get rid off the files by deleting them in a secure way.

I’ve got two freeware for you that can do that from the right click menu.

First one is DeleteOnClick - download the program and install it…and that’s it. All you have to do is to right click on the file you want to be gone and gone will be.

Second one is one of the RegToy utilities. When you install RegToy, you’ll be able to add Secure delete to the right click menu

Personally, I like deleting with this one because I have more options and I can rename the files before deleting them for a better result.

13 Comments to “Delete your files securely on right click”

Madhur Kapoor | January 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 pm

Nice utilities Carol .
carol | January 4th, 2007 at 5:03 pm

Thanks Madhur.
K | January 4th, 2007 at 7:06 pm

Honestly, I’m delete-freak person and the last thing I know it, the program deleted was very important so thanks to this and Happy New Year!
Betterbug | January 5th, 2007 at 9:12 pm

Eraser is another good tool for this; offers erasing of free space on disk and various overwriting options.
carol | January 6th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

I got Eraser on my Best Freeware page and it is indeed a good one.
Myke | January 7th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

Hi Carol,

Quick question for you.

How do I add RegToy to the right click menu?

Thanx,
Myke
carol | January 7th, 2007 at 11:12 pm

That’s easy Myke.

Open RegToy, then go to Others, Utilities, then click the RegToY Utilities tab and then Reg Toy Shell Context menu.

When the window pops up, look at the Main Menu items and enable Utilities and anything else you may need. Just drop down the lists.
Myke | January 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am

Hey Carol,

I got RegToy show up in my right menu but the utilities folder won’t show up. Misc, Fast Utilities and Go To menus all show up. Everything except Utilities. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanx,
Myke
carol | January 9th, 2007 at 1:42 am

In order to have the Utilities displayed, you need to right click on a file, like a folder for example.

If you followed what i said up it should be displayed. Did you do it?
Myke | January 9th, 2007 at 5:40 am

yes. I have several files checked. When I do this for the Misc, Fast Utilities and Go To menus, they all show up in the right click just fine as per your instructions. It’s just the Ulitilites files don’t show up. The Utilities menu shows but not the files that I checked in the menu. The is not really any help in the help file that covers this issue. Thanks for trying to help me.

Thanx,
Myke
Myke | January 9th, 2007 at 5:43 am

I got it. I just didn’t know how to use it. Everything is fine. Thanks for your patience.

Myke
Myke | January 9th, 2007 at 5:45 am

I got it.I just didn’t know how to use it. Thanks for your patience.

Myke
carol | January 9th, 2007 at 12:58 pm

My pleasure, Mike.
Glad you sort it out.

If you need more help, you can always ask me.