Summary: Want to delete photos from your SD Card? In this blog, we share the best possible methods to delete photos permanently from SD Card beyond recovery. To permanently erase your SD Card data, try advanced file eraser software such as Stellar File Eraser.
Users generally follow two standard practices to delete photos from SD cards,
- Deleting photos from an SD Card and
- Formatting the SD Card
But simply deleting pictures from an SD card or formatting it won’t help you delete photos permanently. When you format the SD card or delete photos from it, only the address (pointer) to the photos’ physical location on the drive is removed from the MFT (Master File Table) or FAT (File Allocation Table). You may see the space available to store new data. However, the photos remain on the drive in an inaccessible state (unless overwritten with new files). Several data recovery software can restore your pictures from formatted, corrupted, or even damaged SD cards.
Hence, to ensure that your photos are deleted far beyond the scope of recovery, you must erase them permanently using a powerful file erasure software.
Other than this, we have also come across several queries posted by users while deleting photos, such as:
- I am unable to delete files from SD card android
- Deleted files come back on SD card, and I can?t delete or format them
- Can’t delete or move files from SD card
- Cannot format SD card, or
- How to delete photos from android phone SD Card permanently
Given the scenarios above, we would suggest using secure data erasure software to protect your data privacy.
Use a Powerful File Eraser Software
To quickly and efficiently erase photos from your SD card beyond the recovery scope, you may choose a secure file eraser software, such as Stellar File Eraser. This DIY privacy safeguarding software can permanently erase sensitive photos, videos, audio files, folders, app traces, Internet browsing, and more stored on systems, external storage drives, such as HDD, SSD, SD Cards, and servers.
- Connect your SD card to your computer/laptop.
- Install and run Stellar File Eraser on your system.
- Go to Settings. Under ‘Erasure Options,’ select any Erasure Algorithm. (See Image 1)
- Now, select the verification method from the available options and click ‘OK.’ (See Image 2)
- Now, proceed with the erasure process.
- Navigate to ‘Erase Files & Folders.‘ Click ‘Add Items’ to add the photos stored on SD Card you want to erase permanently beyond recovery.
- After adding the photos, click ‘Erase Now.’ (See Image 3)
- A message box will appear, asking your permission for the permanent erasure of files added; click ‘Proceed’ to continue. (See Image 4)
- Once done, the software will show you ‘Erasure Summary,’ under which you will see all the files are erased successfully. Click ‘OK’ to complete the process. (See Image 5)
- If you’ve formatted your SD Card or deleted photos from it, select ‘Erase Deleted Data.’
- Choose the SD card from the list shown on the screen and click ‘Erase Now.’ (See Image 6)
- Click ‘Proceed’ to continue the erasure process as discussed above.
Once the process is done, your SD card will be successfully sanitized, and your pictures or data can’t be recovered even with the data recovery software or service, including forensics.
End Note:
Even after deleting photos from the SD card or formatting the memory card, the pictures can be recovered with a data recovery software/service. Therefore, if you want to delete the photo permanently from the SD card beyond recovery, opt for a powerful file eraser software, such as Stellar File Eraser. This DIY secure data erasure software supports international data erasure standards to erase storage devices, systems, and servers permanently.
