How to Wipe Partition Data to Protect Privacy

Updated by Tracy King on Feb 22, 2023 

Written by Daisy 

Wipe partition can erase the data on the partition completely and ensure that the data cannot be recovered by any data recovery solution. This function can prevent undesired recovery of your deleted data. You can execute this function by b">Wipe Partition of EaseUS Partition Master.

EaseUS Partition Master provides Wipe Partition feature to erase all partition data permanently. It is used to completely wipe out all the data on your partition by overwriting the existing data with new data. Once the wipe operation is carried out, the data will not be recovered by any data recovery software.

How to wipe a partition

The wipe operation cannot be undone. The boot and system partition cannot be wiped.

We've set two options for you to wipe data. Choose the one you need.

Option 1. Wipe Partition

Right-click the partition you want to erase data from, and choose "Wipe".
In the new window, set the time for which you want to wipe your partition, then click "OK".
Click the "Execute 1 Task(s)" button in the lower right corner, check the changes, then click "Apply".

Option 2. Wipe Disk

Select the HDD/SSD. And right-click to choose "Wipe Disk".
Set the number of times to wipe data. (You can set to 10 at most.) Then Click "OK".
Click "Execute 1 Task(s)" and then click "Apply".

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Updated by Tracy King 

Tracy joined in EaseUS in 2013 and has been working with EaseUS content team for over 10 years. Being enthusiastic in computing and technology, she writes tech how-to articles and share technical solutions to resolve Windows & Mac data recovery, data backup, partition management, data transfer, Windows update issues, etc.

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Written by Daisy 

Daisy is the Senior editor of the writing team for EaseUS. She has been working in EaseUS for over ten years, starting from a technical writer to a team leader of the content group. As a professional author for over 10 years, she writes a lot to help people overcome their tech troubles.

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