Version 0.5
Pre-release
Pre-release
Permadelete is an easy-to-use and beautiful app for windows that can delete files and folders permanently. In this latest version a lot of things are changed and improved, and a lot of new things are added to it.
Please head here for a quick tutorial on how to shred files using Permadelete (It has nice pictures 😉). If you had any problem, suggestion, idea or question, you are always welcome to file an issue and we will be happy to help you. And we also welcome any kind of contribution to the project, you can:
- Code with us.
- Sending us ideas, suggestions and bugs you have found.
- Testing the app. We will appreciate it if you could test the app against your favorite recovery app and tell us about the result.
What's new
- The update status is shown in the about window. See #11
- A preview of the files and folders being dragged is now shown beneath the mouse when dragging and dropping. See #17
- A Complete redesign of the app, see #21
- Change the name from RudeFox to Permadelete
- Changed the "Delete" words on the UI to "Shred" to avoid confusion.
- Show notifications when errors occur during the shredding of files and folders
- Show a notification when a file is skipped inside a folder because of errors
- Files are now overwritten with pseudo-random numbers instead of zero-s.
- Many bug fixes and improvements to the overall app stability.
Contributors of this release
- Icons8.com donated an open source license to the project
- Sentry.io provides analytics and crash reporting
- @Gandalf-Ahmed designed the new app icon and tested the app
- @MkazemAkhgary fixed a bug in the app startup, see #13
- @DlearAhmad, @RebinGrphSftr and @MuhammedZagros tested the app against several file recovery apps. And guess what? Permadelete won 🎉 💯