Summary: This blog discusses the best way to delete videos from storage media drives permanently. You can learn the steps to erase the video files beyond the recovery scope and prevent unauthorized access to your data. For a quick eraser of your videos, you can buy a secure data erasure program, such as Stellar File Eraser.
To delete videos from a storage media permanently, you need a data erasure software since normally deleted video files using the delete button on the keyboard or with Shift+Delete key combination does not permanently remove them from the storage media. It only eliminates the address (pointer) to access the video file, not the actual video. Hence, such deleted videos can be recovered with any data recovery software and thus, it is a serious threat to your privacy.
To destroy video files from any storage media beyond the scope of recovery, you need to erase it with a data erasure algorithm such as DOD 5220.22-M, etc. These internationally renowned data erasure standards ensure complete sanitization (secure erasure) of your private and sensitive video files. A tool such as Stellar File Eraser, developed by Stellar Data Recovery, can help you destroy your videos permanently, with the help of multiple types of data erasure algorithms, from all kinds of storage media such as SD cards, hard drive, SSDs, USB flash drives, & so forth.
Permanently Destroying Videos from Storage Media
The Stellar File Eraser software supports 3 international data erasure standards including the ones that we mentioned earlier. The software lets you choose one of the 3 listed data erasure algorithms alongwith either random or total verification method that confirms data is sanitized, simultaneously.
Here are the steps you can follow to destroy your private and confidential video files from a storage media beyond the scope of recovery:
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- Connect the storage media that contains video files that you want to delete permanently
- Install and launch the Stellar File Eraser software
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- Go to the ?Settings? tab and then choose the erasure algorithm and verification method from the respective drop-downs
- Now click ?Home? and then click ?Erase Files and Folders.?
- On the next screen, select the location where the sensitive video file(s) reside. You can do that two ways- either you can drop the file directly or you can use the Add items button to add the file(s)
- After the selection, click on Erase Now button to erase the selected files.
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- Wait until erasure is finished. After erasure, the software prompts you to reboot the system, click No
Besides data erasure, the Stellar File Eraser software also works as a privacy safeguarding tool. It facilitates features that helps you sanitize (Securely erase) your internet activities such as browsing data, autofill forms, passwords, transaction details, & so forth; system traces, and application traces (such as Skype, yahoo messenger, Email app traces that may contain sensitive info) with the help of the selected data erasure algorithm.
Conclusion
Deleting sensitive & confidential data such as videos puts you at the risk of data leakage and is a threat to your privacy. Therefore, always securely erase?not just delete? your sensitive files such as videos, photos, confidential documents, & so on. Make use of reliable data erasure software such as Stellar file eraser provides you with 3 international data erasure standards. You can use any data erasure standard such as DOD 5220.22-M from the list to destroy your confidential data. The software simultaneously checks for erasure and ensures the data is wholly sanitized (securely erased) beyond the scope of recovery.
