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Wipe Lists


You may specify files and folders, and registry keys or key values that will be wiped and deleted through a single wipe and delete task on the Wipe Lists panel. Moreover, you may store such wipe lists to retrieve them and wipe later. You may also include wipe lists into a large wipe and clean task. Go to the Setting a Large Wipe and Clean Task section for details.

Some programs have their own temporary or scratch folders. It is wise to have them included in such wipe lists if you want to completely erase all temporary data from such programs.

Attention! Once wiped, a file cannot be restored! No Windows or third-party data recovery utility can do this!

Wiping wipe lists

To wipe one or several wipe lists ,

• Select the Wipe Lists item.

• Select the required wipe list(s) and tap the Clean Now button.

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Wipe Lists panel

R-Wipe & Clean will start cleaning the contents of the wipe list(s).

Managing wipe lists

You may also manage wipe lists form the tab of a single wipe list using the wipe list management buttons.

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To create a new wipe list,

• Select the Wipe Lists item.

• Tap the Create New List button.

A new wipe list will appear.

To remove a wipe list,

• Select the Wipe Lists item.

• Select the required list(s) and tap the Remove List(s) button.

R-Wipe & Clean will remove the wipe list(s).

To rename a wipe list,

• Select the Wipe Lists item.

• Double-tap the required Wipe List .

• Tap the Rename List button on the wipe list management buttons and enter a new name..

To view and edit the contents of a wipe list,

• Double-tap the required wipe list.

• R-Wipe & Clean will show the content.

Managing files/folders in wipe lists

You may add a file or/and folder to the current wipe list directly from File Explorer. Long-tap the file and select the Add to the Wipe List item from the shortcut menu. Make sure that the Add files and folders to a wipe list from the shortcut menu option is enabled on the Integration tab of the Settings panel.

You may add/remove files and folders to/from the list using the file management buttons.

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Wipe List panel

 

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But_CleanVal

Registry key: The value will be cleaned.

But_CleanSub

Clean subfolders: All child subfolders will be cleaned recursively.

But_DelEmptFold

Delete empty subfolders: All empty subfolders will be deleted.

But_DelFold

Delete folder: A folder or key will be deleted if it becomes empty.

But_DelReadOn

Delete read-only files

But_DelHidden

Delete hidden files

 

When you add a folder to the wipe list, the Add folder... dialog box will appear. You may set a file mask for files in the folder and specify files that are not to be cleaned if they even match the file masks.

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 Add folder... dialog box

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%

Adds an environment variable.

Files to clean

Specifies file masks to clean  files in this folder.

Files to exclude

Specifies file masks to exclude files from cleaning in this folder

Subfolders to clean

Specifies subfolders to clean in this folder.

Subfolders to exclude

Specifies subfolders to exclude from cleaning in this folder.

Clean files in subfolders

If this option is selected, files in subfolders will be cleaned.

Remove empty subfolders upon cleaning files

If this option is selected, the folders will be deleted when its content is cleaned.

Delete the folder if it becomes empty after cleaning files

If this option is selected, the folder  will be deleted if it becomes empty after cleaning files in it.

Clean Read-only Files

If this option is selected, read-only files will be cleaned, too.

Clean Hidden Files

If this option is selected, hidden files will be cleaned, too.

Managing Registry keys in wipe lists

You may also add a key or specific value in a key from Registry that will be deleted.

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Add Registry Keys/Values dialog box

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To add a registry key or key values to a wipe list,

• Double-tap the required wipe list

• Tap the Add Registry Key to Wipe List button on the file management buttons and select the required Registry key or separate key value on the Add Registry Key dialog box to add them to the wipe list.

You may add either all values in the selected key, or only specific values in it.

The added Registry keys or values will appear in the wipe list.

You may also add arbitrary custom values. Click the Add Custom Value button and specify the required values.

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Add Custom Value dialog box

 

To remove a registry key or key values from a wipe list,

• Double-tap the required wipe list

• Select a registry key or key values you want to remove and tap the Remove from Wipe List button on the file management buttons.

The selected registry key or key values will be removed from the list.

You may also import items from other wipe lists using the Import button on the file management buttons

Default file wiping settings may be specifically set on the Files Wiping Settings tab of the Settings panel.

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