5 little-known tricks about the Recycle Bin tool in Windows

The Recycle Bin in Windows is a tool that is often found on the computer’s desktop and stores files and folders that are deleted from the computer by pressing the Delete button. It also allows you to recover those deleted files again. In this article, we will show you some tricks that you need to know so that you can use this tool better. We recommend reading 10 features that the Windows system can provide without programs. 5 tricks that you may not know about the Recycle Bin tool in Windows. Below we reveal the best 5 tricks that you can do with the Recycle Bin tool in Windows. 1- Add the trash to the taskbar to access it from anywhere. You can add the trash to the taskbar below by doing the following: Create a new file and drag and drop the Recycle Bin tool into it.

Then click on the taskbar with the right mouse button and remove the ☑ sign in front of lock the taskbarK. Then point the mouse cursor towards Toolbars and click New toolbar. Select the file containing the tool.

The file will appear next to the time. Click on it with the right mouse button to remove the ✅ mark in front of Show Text and Show title. Point the cursor to View to select Large Icons. 2- Change the trash can icon You will certainly notice that the trash tool has two different icons, one when it is empty and the other when it contains some files or folders, and you can change these icons if you wish!

By going to the Control Panel, then searching for Personalization and clicking from the side menu on Change desktop icons, select the tool icon and press the Change icon. 3- Change some of the recycle bin settings. Right-click on the Recycle Bin tool, then click on Properties. A window will appear containing some of the tool’s settings. In the first part, you can specify the maximum size of files that can be deleted from the computer, and in the second part, you can specify it if you want to delete files directly without saving them inside the tool. As for the lower option, it allows you to disable the deletion confirmation message by pressing Delete. 4- Make the trash can tool without a name. You can make the icon of the trash can tool on the desktop without a name by pressing the right mouse button and clicking on Rename, then deleting its name and pressing the Alt buttons, then the numbers 255 from the calculator on the keyboard. By pressing the Enter button, you will find that the icon has become nameless, knowing that this command can be applied to all files, not just the trash!

5- Knowing where the files are stored for the trash. To know where the trash is located on your Windows computer, you can do so by opening the Control Panel and then Folder Options. A window will appear in which click on the View tab and remove the √ sign in front of Hide protected. Now go to the C drive to find the $R ecycle.Bin folder. When you open it, you will find the files stored inside the trash.