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Use software that overwrites the entire drive with random patterns of 1s and 0s multiple times.

If you are disposing of a computer or selling a phone, the standard "delete" isn't enough. You need to ensure the data is unrecoverable: deleted

These use flash memory and a command called TRIM. Because of how flash memory works, data must be wiped before new data can be written. To maintain speed, SSDs often proactively wipe "deleted" blocks in the background, making recovery much harder than on old-fashioned hard drives. Use software that overwrites the entire drive with