File shredder

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UUID: file-shredder@czmisacz

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2 days ago 2026-10-19, 07:37

Last commit: [34f856b4] Replace zenity (libadwaita) with xenity (GTK3)

Securely delete files, making them challenging to recover.

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File shredder

This tool securely deletes your files, making them more challenging to recover.

While it provides effective deletion on HDDs, its performance on SSDs may vary.

For sensitive data, consider encrypting your files as a best practice.

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Ambotech-2 days ago

Update today broke it. No longer appearing in nemo menu. $ nemo (nemo:3930): Nemo-WARNING **: 10:15:15.075: Action 'file-shredder@czmisacz.nemo_action' is missing dependency: xenity Nemo-Share-Message: 10:15:15.365: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

Ambotech-2 days ago

A number of other spices also broken - calling for xenity as a dependancy which is not available at this time on linux mint

PacketFiend-2 years ago

I actually just submitted a pull request for this feature, although it may need a bit more work. https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-actions/pull/272

eddy-quic-beta-2 years ago

hi, would it be possible to request a small confirmation from the user before shredding the files? I have created one myself and would exchange it for yours... shred with confirmation-dialog: [url=https://postimg.cc/HjT2cghz][img]https://i.postimg.cc/HjT2cghz/Screenshot-14-03-2024-18-34-30.png[/img][/url] [Screenshot-14-03-2024-18-34-30.png](https://postimg.cc/HjT2cghz)