If you need to get rid of a Mac or external drive, how do you ensure that no one can access the data on it? Adam Engst runs through the various methods you can employ, one or more of which should ...

TEAMGROUP teases its new P250Q Self-Destruct SSD, letting users delete all of the data on their SSD with a single click, like a spy.

Want to permanently wipe data from a hard drive or solid-state drive? Here's how to use the HP Disk Sanitizer or Secure Erase on Windows PC.

Instead of using special software to erase an SSD’s contents, you’re better off encrypting the drive, which employs a mathematical process to muddle up the data using a passkey that only you have.

Some of the test methods used to recover "deleted" data from an SSD involved desoldering the flash chips from the drive and accessing them directly, bypassing anything in the SSD controller itself.