On Aug 19, 2008, at 6:32 PM, Bhushan Jain wrote: > Hi all, > I wanted to know how could the file be deleted securely using PGP? PGP has a secure delete feature, yes. However, as you are asking this question of the GnuPG list, I suspect you mean to ask about GnuPG. GnuPG does not have a secure delete feature. David