memory wipe
Erasing all recollections
Memory wipe is the erasure of stored information, whether from a computer, device, or—in science fiction—a person's mind.
Tech support may recommend a factory reset that memory wipes your phone.
In films and games, characters undergo memory wipes to forget traumatic events or classified information: The agency performed a memory wipe so she couldn't reveal their secrets.
Informally, any thorough forgetting: I need a memory wipe after that meeting.
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- selective amnesiaUnconsciously blocking specific memories
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- forgetFail to recall
- blankWithout marks or content
reset · brainwash · obliviate · reboot · purge · deletion · mindwipe · lacuna · blackout · electroshock · sci-fi · implant · redact · scramble · suppress · trauma · hypnosis · reprogram
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- sci-fi techteleporter, time travel, cryonics, force fields, time machine
- sci-fi tropesalien invasion, time travel, teleportation, first contact, robot uprising
- data destructionshredding, shredder, incineration, degaussing, overwriting
- fan theoriessimulation theory, multiverse theory, secret identity, hidden villain, brainwashing
- Flashback Tropesflashback, flashbacks, amnesia, backstory, montage
memory wipememory preservation
Maintaining ability to recall
total recall · memory retention · photographic memory · eidetic memory · memory storage
memory wiperemembering
Retaining past information
memory enhancement · memory retrieval · recall · recollection · anamnesis
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