[Step By Step] How to Remove Recycle Bin From Desktop

Can I delete Recycle Bin from the desktop?

When you delete a file or folder, it will be stored on the Recycle Bin for a long time. Recycle Bin is a system folder to store the deleted files temporarily, you can recover the files in it. This folder provides with a grace period to delete something from the PC.

Usually, the Recycle Bin is located in the desktop. But as the desktop is messy or the Recycle Bin occupies much space, the users may want to remove the Recycle Bin. Next, we’ll talk about how to remove recycle bin from desktop on Windows 10.

How to remove Recycle Bin from desktop in Windows 10

In this section, you can get the detailed steps on how to remove recycle bin from desktop in Windows 11/10/8/7.

Step 1. Press "Win + I" to open Windows Settings, then click the "Personalization" button.

Step 2. In a new interface, click "Themes".

Step 3. Then click "Desktop icon settings" under the "Related Settings" tab.

Step 4. In the "Desktop Icon Settings" window, unclick the "Recycle Bin" icon, then click "Apply" and "OK".

How to empty the Recycle Bin from the desktop

For some users, the Recycle Bin has occupied a lot of free space, so they decide to empty it. Here are two methods to empty the Recycle Bin.

★ Method 1. Empty the Recycle Bin via CMD

CMD is a built-in tool to manage the hard drive, it can resize partitions, change drive letter, format disk, etc. If you want to reset the Recycle Bin and empty all files on it, CMD also can be useful.

Step 1. Click "Start" and input "cmd", then click "Run as administrator".

Step 2. In the CMD window, input "rd /s /q C:\Recycle Bin" and then press "Enter". You can transfer the "C" to other drive letters.

★ Method 2. Directly empty the Recycle Bin in the desktop

There is a shortcut to remove all unwanted files from the Recycle Bin, you just need to right-click the Recycle Bin icon, then select "Empty Recycle Bin".

Further tip: How to recover the data after emptying the Recycle Bin?

From the previous content, you may have known how to remove recycle bin from desktop on Windows 11/10/8/7. When the deleted files on the Recycle Bin waste space, you can empty it with the two methods mentioned.

But if you forget to check Recycle Bin, you may accidentally empty some important data. how can you recover the lost files? Here, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional can be the second-to-none choice. This powerful tool can recover lost files to the original path with several simple clicks. Besides, if you accidentally lost partitions, the "Partition Recovery" function can easily retrieve it.

Highlights:
✿ It can recognize different types of files, so it can recover video, picture, text, files, audio, etc.  
✿ It supports most devices, like SD card, USB, CD, HDD, SSD, and so on, so you won’t be limited by some special devices.
✿ It supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, even if you’re using the Windows Server, the Server Edition can fully satisfy you.
✿ It has other advanced function to fix PC problems, including Disk Clone Wizard, NTFS to FAT32 Converter, App Mover, etc.

Step 1. Install and open AOMEI Partition Assistant, then click "Recover" > "Recover Data".

Step 2. In the "Recover Windows Data" window, select the partition stored the lost files before, click "Start Scan".

Step 3. After the scan is finished, all deleted files will be listed. Select the target files to recover and click "Recover".

Step 4. Choose a folder path to store the recovered data.

Step 5. Click "OK" when you see the operation is finished.

Verdict

How to remove Recycle Bin from desktop? This article answers your question with the detailed steps. Besides, it also provides two methods to clean up the Recycle Bin. Even when you delete some important files, this intimate post shares the reliable AOMEI Partition Assistant to recover them.