Software · Security & privacy

File Shredder

Permanently delete your files.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Alan Beveridge
Latest version: 3.1.0 (18 May 2025)
Latest activity: 23 March 2026
Source code: github.com/ADBeveridge/raider

At a glance

All of File Shredder is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

File Shredder is a file deletion program designed to permanently remove sensitive files from your computer, enhancing data privacy. Within a certain limit, it is effective. However, modern SSDs use certain technologies to extend its lifetime, which has the side effect of ensuring that shredding is never perfect, and no software can fix that. But shredding significantly increases the difficulty of data recovery since it requires specialized software and hardware.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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