Shredding files is an important practice for several reasons, especially when it comes to sensitive or confidential information. For example, personal information such as social security numbers, bank statements, and medical records can be used by criminals to commit identity theft. Shredding these documents ensures they cannot be reconstructed and misused.
Similarly, documents like bank checks, store invoices, and job contracts can be forged or altered if they fall into the wrong hands. Shredding prevents these documents from being used fraudulently. For shredding physical files, we need a physical shredder but for shredding files on our computers, we need a shredding program.
McAfee Total Protection Shredder is very effective for shredding files on a PC. It provides a secure way to permanently delete files, making them unrecoverable. It comes as a part of the McAfee Total Protection software.
We can use McAfee Total Protection Shredder to shred files on your PC using two ways. First one is by right-clicking on any file or folder and selecting Shred from the right-click context-menu. This “Shred” in the right-click menu should have McAfee logo next to it so as not to confuse it with some other similar tool.
The second way is to open McAfee Total Protection dashboard, select My Protection, and then File Shredder. In this user interface, we can choose a target to shred – Recycle Bin, Temporary Internet Files, or a Custom folder. We can also choose a method to shred the files – Basic (shreds files twice and is fast), Safe (shreds files thrice and is secure), and Complete (shreds files five times and is extra secure).
After choosing these options, we can click on the Shred button. Depending on the number of files and their size, it will take more or less time. The time also depends on the shredding method selected by the user. Once a file has been shredded, it cannot be recovered by any means.
Overall, McAfee Total Protection Shredder is a great and reliable choice for securely deleting files on your PC, especially if you are already using McAfee for your other security needs.
You can download a 30-day trial version of McAfee Total Protection from https://www.mcafee.com/antivirus/mcafee-total-protection.html.