Securely Shred and Delete Files

Tags: thunar custom action, zenity, shred, fuz, delete

November 11, 2015

To learn how to use Thunar Custom Actions click here.

For secure deletion of files that can’t be recovered. The program Zenity must be installed for this action to work. The action will pop up a confirmation window.

Name: Shred and Delete
Description: Securely deletes file(s) that can’t be recovered.
Command:

zenity --question;if [ $? = 0 ];then shred -fuz %F;fi

Under Appears if selection contains make sure everything is checked.