Wipe may refer to any of the following:

  1. When describing an animation or effect, a wipe is a type of transition.

  2. Wipe describes erasing something on a computer. For example, someone may wipe all personal information from their computer hard drive before selling it to someone else.

  • How to delete a file, directory, or folder.
  • How to erase my hard drive and start over?
  • How to format a hard drive, SSD, or USB flash drive.
  • Can you get files and data after a hard drive is reformatted?
  • How to make sure all data is erased on a computer hard drive.