Samsung SSD Secure Erase | Full Guide in 2024

You can never be more careful about data privacy because everything around you is connected in this interconnected world. When you want to get rid of a Samsung or other brand's SSD, you’d better not leave any data on it. As you may have heard the regular way to wipe a hard drive cannot be used to erase an SSD because it will leave data behind and hurt your SSD’s lifespan. This guide will provide more detailed information about SSD secure erase.

What Does Samsung Secure Erase Do?

“Secure Erase” is a safe way to reset your SSD to the factory default performance and all the data can never be recovered even with most data recovery services. Samsung SSD Magician is suitable for all Samsung SSDs, including to perform Samsung SSD Secure Erase on Samsung 830, 840, or 850 series SSD. If you want to erase the SSD with Windows running, you can use a CD/DVD or USB drive to create a bootable media to perform the Samsung SSD Magician Secure Erase.

Samsung Magician Download: https://semiconductor.samsung.com/us/consumer-storage/magician/

If you think Samsung Magician has some limitations and is a bit cumbersome, then you can choose a simple and reliable SSD erase tool - AOMEI Partition Assistant, which provides comprehensive data erase functions, including erase hard disk, secure erase SSD, erase unallocated space, etc.

Professional Samsung Secure Erase Tool Download:

This tool provides more useful features to protect and manage your data regardless of SSD brand and type. Next, let's see how to use the Samsung SSD Secure Erase Tool to wipe SSDs.

How to Perform Samsung SSD Secure Erase with Samsung Magician?

Once you get the Samsung Magician installed, you can run the Secure Erase within Windows 10/7. In this way, you can only wipe a secondary SSD that has no system running.

However, it does not provide an option to create Samsung SSD Secure Erase ISO. If you need the ISO to get this done remotely, you can use a tool like Phantom Drive to mount a blank writable DVD image, and use SSD Magician to burn the image to the virtual drive. Then you will get an ISO file. Below is how to perform Samsung SSD secure erase via Samsung Magician step by step.

Before proceeding: Make sure your SSD is not connected via the SCSI controller interface, because Magician will not work that way. According to your own situation, choose Secure Erase in Windows, bootable disk, or ISO to perform the Erase.

1. Run Samsung Magician. In the lower-left section, click Data Security.

2. Make sure you read the warning and then click “Start” to get started.

While you are trying to erase the SSD within Windows, there are chances that SSD stuck in a frozen state. In that case, you can create a bootable CD or USB drive to perform the Secure Erase. The Samsung Magician can only be used to secure erase Samsung SSD. If you are planning to wipe other SSD drives, you can use a more versatile SSD secure erase utility.

A more versatile (Samsung) SSD secure erase utility

In this section, we would like to share you with the powerful disk partition manager named AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. It provides the “SSD Secure Erase” function, which can be used to secure erase Samsung SSD and other brands SSD drives, a huge advantage over the Samsung Magician. Check the following content to learn how to perform Samsung SSD secure erase via the AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. (PS.: you can download its demo version for a trial)

Note: the “SSD Secure Erase” only works on Windows 7 system-based on the computer, and SATA SSD drive. If your Samsung SSD is installed on Windows 10 or Windows 8 computer, please first connect it to a Windows 7 PC.

Step 1. Install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Right-click the Samsung SSD and choose “SSD Secure Erase”.

Step 2. Tick the target SSD and click on “Next”.

Step 3. Check and confirm the identification information of the Samsung SSD you will secure erase.

Step 4. In the next screen, if you find the SSD is in frozen state, and it cannot be unlocked, you can unplug the SATA cable and plug it again. After that, you can click on “OK” to start the operation.

Step 5. When it is completed, click “Finish”.

In addition, it integrates other powerful features such as Creating Bootable Media, which allows you to burn Windows 11 ISO to USB. If you are experiencing any problem with your computer, you can fix it using this comprehensive tool.

Final words

In this post, we have shown you how to perform Samsung SSD secure erase via Samaung Magician and AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Now you can choose one based on your situation and requirements. Worth to mention that the AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional also has other advanced functions: clone SSD drive, align SSD partitions, transfer OS to SSD, recover lost data if you have deleted by accident, convert system disk from MBR to GPT without deleting partitions for Windows 11, etc.