nwipe (with Preclear)

Plugin from desertwitch

Overview

For advanced users, a forked version of the nwipe program, adding a method to pre-clear Unraid disks. nwipe is a program that will securely erase the entire contents of disks, with a ncurses GUI. It can help you make sure that your precious data is gone for good, before you sell or RMA your disks. nwipe is a fork of the dwipe command originally used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN).

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nwipe (Secure Disk Eraser) with Preclear (for UNRAID)

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Installable via Community Applications or Direct URL on UNRAID 6.10+:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/desertwitch/nwipe-unRAID/main/plugin/dwnwipe.plg

For the general-purpose, forked nwipe-pc (which includes preclear) check out:

https://github.com/desertwitch/nwipe-pc

For preclearing on another non-Unraid system check out the Docker container:

https://github.com/desertwitch/nwipe-pc/pkgs/container/nwipe-pc

nwipe-pc Source Code: https://github.com/desertwitch/nwipe-pc
nwipe Source Code: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe

Install nwipe (with Preclear) on Unraid in a few clicks.

Find nwipe (with Preclear) in Community Apps on your Unraid server, review the template, and click Install. Unraid handles the Docker app or plugin setup from the published template.

Open the Apps tab on your Unraid server Search Community Apps for nwipe (with Preclear) Review the template variables and paths Click Install
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Repository
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/desertwitch/nwipe-unRAID/main/plugin/dwnwipe.plg
Last Updated2026-07-17
First Seen2024-06-21