Forums Help & support Does axcrypt securely delete original non-encrypted file?

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    Visitor

    Hi,

    I have a suspicion that after encryption the original unencrypted file  is  unsafely deleted from the system and therefore it could be recovered with the use of software. Can someone check that the original file is securely deleted and unrecoverable?

     

    Thank you

    #18765 Reply

    Prabhukumar R
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    Hello Visitor,

    AxCrypt works by decrypting files temporarily and then launching the appropriate application for the decrypted file, which thus is entirely unaware of AxCrypt. AxCrypt monitors the system for the launched app to exit, and when it detects this it will re-encrypt the file and wipe (overwrite) the decrypted file and then delete it.

    AxCrypt secure delete will help you to delete the files completely from your system.

    If your encrypted files are deleted by AxCrypt secure delete. There is no way to recover the encrypted files to decrypt/open the files.

    If your recover encrypted file(s) are good condition you can decrypt the files. Otherwise, If the file is actually damaged/corrupted to this extent, no, it can’t be fixed. The data is just not there to decrypt it

    If you’ve deleted an encrypted file from your computer, you may be able to recover it using a commercial or free file undelete tool but there is no guarantee. We cannot provide any recommendation on the tool to use.

    still, If you are facing any issues, you can feel free to contact our support via support@axcrypt.net.

    #18771 Reply

    Visitor

    “wipe (overwrite) the decrypted file and then delete it.”

    Can anyone verify if the decrypted file is safely deleted (unrecoverable)?

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