Is AVG shredder 100% effective?

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Hi John,

Thank you for information.

We'd like to escalate the case to our Senior team. We will get back to you once we get a reply from them.

Your patience is appreciated.

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Hello John. Thank you very much for taking the time to communicate with AVG.

Simply answered, yes, your files are irreversibly erased from your hard drive when using the Data Shredder feature in AVG Internet Security.

The following AVG article, https://is.gd/rydBIG, provides more specific information and instruction related to the Data Shredder feature.

With regard to recovering permanently deleted files, there are indeed applications on the market to reverse the permanent deletion of files. But this is really a hit and miss procedure, and from my experience, is not likely you will fully recover said permanently deleted files.

I trust this explanation helps clarify your concern. Regards, Shawn

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I've been doing some research regards the AVG shredder in the right click menu when selecting files or folders. I have come across products claiming that these shredded files can be recovered. Is the AVG shredder fully able to get rid of these files?
https://www.easeus.com/file-recovery/recover-shredded-files.html

Thanks.

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Hello John. Thank you very much for taking the time to communicate with AVG.

Simply answered, yes, your files are irreversibly erased from your hard drive when using the Data Shredder feature in AVG Internet Security.

The following AVG article, https://is.gd/rydBIG, provides more specific information and instruction related to the Data Shredder feature.

With regard to recovering permanently deleted files, there are indeed applications on the market to reverse the permanent deletion of files. But this is really a hit and miss procedure, and from my experience, is not likely you will fully recover said permanently deleted files.

I trust this explanation helps clarify your concern. Regards, Shawn

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Hi John,

Thank you for information.

We'd like to escalate the case to our Senior team. We will get back to you once we get a reply from them.

Your patience is appreciated.