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SecureDel
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Portable Windows utility · source code included · GPLv3 | Free |
As sicurpas.it lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from SecureDel's own pages
- Active-task monitoring
- A task window lets users inspect running programs, close unresponsive processes, open their installation folders, search online and copy task names. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- API and integrations
- The reviewed official pages describe no public API, SDK, plugin framework, cloud integration or third-party service integration. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Automatic algorithm choice
- The software recommends an erasure method based on each drive's characteristics and can choose separately for systems containing different drive types. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Clipboard monitoring
- The application can monitor Windows Clipboard changes in real time and display the captured contents. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Company fact
- A 2024 Unione Sarda profile identifies Mariano Ortu as a 64-year-old computer-security systems designer based in Bolotana, Sardinia. · unionesarda.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Company fact: awards
- The same 2024 report says Ortu's three open-source projects received SourceForge Rising Star recognition among more than 500,000 candidates. · unionesarda.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Company fact: development model
- The publisher's legal page names Mariano Ortu as the person responsible for the site and gives an address in Via Stazione 118, Bolotana, Sardinia, Italy. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Deletion algorithms
- The official page says SecureDel provides six deletion algorithms, including DoD seven-pass, Gutmann 35-pass and Securedelete. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation and support
- The publisher provides feature descriptions, downloads, license text, integrity data and contact details, but no dedicated API or help-center documentation is listed. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Drag and drop
- The program supports dragging multiple files and folders into the deletion list. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Drive scanning
- At startup, SecureDel scans connected disks, USB drives and other mass-storage devices and reports their type, brand, capacity and usage. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- File-list backup
- Before deletion, users can save a backup copy of the list of files selected for processing. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- File-lock handling
- Since version 1.2.2, SecureDel checks whether selected files are in use and terminates the occupying process so deletion can continue. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent download activity
- Softpedia lists 144 downloads for SecureDel 1.2.3 and labels it donationware/GPLv3. · softpedia.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent platform details
- SourceForge lists SecureDel as Windows software written in C# under GPLv3 and records the project registration date as January 17, 2024. · sourceforge.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent Windows support
- Softpedia lists Windows 10 32/64-bit and Windows 11 as supported systems. · softpedia.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Integrity verification
- The publisher supplies hashes and OpenPGP signatures for SecureDel packages and publishes a public key for verification. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Keyboard and mouse tracking
- Keyboard and mouse monitoring is user-controlled, shows a taskbar indicator and can be extended to administrator-level programs when SecureDel is run as administrator. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Latest version
- The official product page identifies version 1.2.3.0 as the current SecureDel release. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: monitoring log
- Keyboard and mouse monitoring writes a file named SecureDel LogSession.txt in the user's local Temp directory until the user deletes it. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: review evidence
- SourceForge shows no user reviews for SecureDel, so there is no review consensus there. · sourceforge.net, 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: SSD erasure
- The publisher warns that SSD recovery outcomes vary by drive model and controller, so some data may remain inaccessible or partially recoverable. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Open-source licence
- SecureDel is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
- Portable operation
- The program requires no installation and can run directly from a USB drive. · sicurpas.it, 15 Oct 2026
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