Destruction device

A destruction device configured to destroy a plurality of types of storage devices having different shapes and sizes, the destruction device comprising:

• a support plate mounting part to which a support plate that accords with a type of a storage device is detachably mounted;
• a crushing member mounting part to which a crushing member that (i) accords with the type of the storage device and (ii) sandwiches and crushes the storage device with the support plate is detachably mounted;
• a support plate detection part configured to detect the support plate mounted on the support plate mounting part;
• a crushing member detection part configured to detect the crushing member mounted on the crushing member mounting part;
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• a control unit that determines whether the support plate detected by the support plate detection part and the crushing member detected by the crushing member detection part correspond to a same type of storage device, and executes a crushing process for crushing the storage device upon determining that the support plate and the crushing member correspond to the same type of storage device.