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9 Documents You Should Shred for Your Safety

July 3, 2023 · Personal Finance
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Do you know what important documents you should shred? 

If you have old documents in a stocking pile in your office, it may be time to get rid of them. Of course, if they aren’t helpful anymore! And what’s the best method to destroy them? By shredding!

Before shredding, it’s important to take a look at each document to see if it’s classified or not. To safeguard your identity, your finances, and your family, it’s crucial to know what to destroy. And with the substantially growing number of identity thefts, you must know what documents you should shred!

Curious about them? Click on the next page to see the rest of the article. If you don’t have a shredding machine at home, once you’ve gone through them all, keep reading to learn about other equally effective techniques to get rid of your documents.

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9 comments on “9 Documents You Should Shred for Your Safety”

  1. frederick hebert says:
    May 7, 2024 at 4:14 pm

    One place you may get free shredding may be your library.
    Commercial vendors, will charge you about $1 per pound.

    Reply
  2. Chuck S says:
    January 30, 2025 at 5:40 pm

    I got a shredder at Walmart for $20+ (looks like $39 now). I got not the cheapest – mine does 8 sheets and credit cards. It does diamond or cross cut, which is better than strips. When I had a lot, I used a fire – breakup the ashes afterwards.

    Reply
  3. Gurinder Garcha says:
    January 30, 2025 at 11:33 pm

    good info

    Reply
  4. Robin says:
    January 31, 2025 at 5:20 am

    Thanks for placement to go

    Reply
  5. Kls says:
    February 2, 2025 at 1:41 pm

    Why would anyone destroy a birth certificate? You need that to get a passport, among other things.

    Reply
  6. Toni Ann Zafoot says:
    March 31, 2025 at 6:40 pm

    Excellent information will put it to good use

    Reply
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