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1. Right-click or tap and hold the File Sanitizer icon on the Windows desktop, and then click or tap
Shred Now.
2. When the confirmation dialog box opens, be sure that the assets that you want to shred are
checked, and then click or tap Shred.
Right-click shredding
CAUTION: Shredded assets cannot be recovered. Carefully consider which items you select for
manual shredding.
If Enable right-click shredding has been selected on the File Sanitizer view, you can shred an asset
as follows:
1. Navigate to the document or folder you want to shred.
2. Right-click or tap and hold the file or folder, and then select HP File Sanitizer – Shred.
Manually starting a shred operation
CAUTION: Shredded assets cannot be recovered. Carefully consider which items you select for
manual shredding.
When you start a shred operation manually, the standard shred list on the File Sanitizer view is
shredded (see
Setup procedures on page 35).
You can start a shred operation manually in one of the following ways:
1. Open File Sanitizer (see
Opening File Sanitizer on page 35), and then click or tap Shred.
2. When the confirmation dialog box opens, be sure that the assets that you want to shred are
checked, and then click or tap OK.
– or –
1. Right-click or tap and hold the File Sanitizer icon on the Windows desktop, and then click or tap
Shred Now.
2. When the confirmation dialog box opens, be sure that the assets that you want to shred are
checked, and then click or tap Shred.
Manually starting free space bleaching
When you start a bleach operation manually, the standard shred list on the File Sanitizer view is
bleached (see
Setup procedures on page 35).
You can start a bleach operation manually in one of the following ways:
1. Open File Sanitizer (see
Opening File Sanitizer on page 35), and then click or tap Bleach.
2. When the confirmation dialog box opens, click or tap OK.
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1. Right-click or tap and hold the File Sanitizer icon on the Windows desktop, and then click or tap
Bleach Now.
2. When the confirmation dialog box opens, click or tap Bleach.
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