On the desktop, right-click the “Recycle Bin” icon and select “Empty Recycle Bin.” AdvertisementsĪfter opening the Recycle Bin, you can do one of the following: Here are the steps to empty Recycle Bin manually: Select Enabled and then hit the OK button. In the right pane, double-click the “Remove Recycle Bin icon from desktop.” In the Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop. Type gpedit.msc and then hit the OK button. However, this method will remove the Recycle Bin from both your desktop and File Explorer. AdvertisementsĪlternatively, you can remove it using the steps below. If you wish to remove the Recycle Bin from your desktop, follow the steps above, but uncheck the Recycle Bin. You should now see the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop. Select Recycle Bin and then hit the OK button. AdvertisementsĬlick on Themes on the right.
How to Create a Recycle Bin Shortcut on Desktop in Windows 11 If you don’t already have one, you can add one by following the steps in the next section.ĭouble-click on the Recycle Bin to open it. Here’s how to open it with a desktop icon:ĭouble-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop. The methods above show you how to open the Recycle Bin without a desktop icon. When you type recycle, the Recycle Bin app will appear in the search results. Open the Start menu by pressing the Windows key.
In Windows PowerShell and Command Prompt, you must use the command start shell:recyclebinfolder to open the Recycle Bin. You can also use this command in the Task Manager (click File > Run new task to use it). Enter shell:recyclebinfolder and then press Enter. Or you can use the first arrow in the address bar of the File Explorer. In the address bar at the top, type recycle bin and click the OK button. Open the File Explorer by pressing Windows + E.
Also, the available space on E drive does not change until you delete those files from the recycle bin.Įveryone's right and I'm wrong, sorry! I realise now that the free space changes constantly, presumably depending on what the PC is doing and has been doing since start-up. So your C drive is unaffected by that operation. As others have said if you delete files on E drive then they remain in the recycle bin on the E drive, Windows never moves files to other disks when deleting to the recycle bin. In fairness this may not happen as I can't think of any additional program's I'll need during the likely life of this PC. What I thought though was that I'd have to reload Windows and all the program's and it would be a pain I'd hold off doing until absolutely necessary. Is it the case that this isn't really happening but Windows is pretending its happening in a kind of virtual sense?Īs far as getting a larger SSD C Drive I though of that and was told it works out at about £1 a gigabyte, which is OK. I'll also check whether the available space on the E drive increases by a gigabyte. That's what I'm pretty sure happens, though I can't test to verify until tomorrow. If I delete a gigabyte of photographs on the E Drive via Lightroom the remaining space on the C Drive reduces by a gigabyte and the files to delete show in the Recycle Bin. And I thought it had the recycle bin also.Īll my data is on the E Drive, and there is a similar F drive that I use for backups. My C drive is an 80GB SSD drive and only has programs on it and no data. I follow what everyone is saying but am still confused!