The simplest and most direct way to permanently delete files or folders is by using the Shift + Delete keyboard shortcut.

As soon as your Windows drive runs out of space, the operating system starts to delete files that are probably no longer needed from the recycle bin and your downloads folder. That said, if you want ...

In my Windows 10, the symptom is that when I try to open my recycle bin or try to right-click and empty, the system lags for like 20s before it does anything. When I open recycle bin properties, there ...

I just emptied my Recycle Bin (it is huge) and I noticed that the icon indicated that it still held something. I opened it up (I have show hidden folders enabled) and there were no folders there. So I ...

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If you have deleted all the cache files from your PC and are wondering why it didn’t make any difference to the storage space, you probably forgot to empty the Recycle bin. Every time we delete any ...

The Recycle Bin has been a staple of Windows since its debut in Windows 95. Apart from the regular visible overhauls of the Recycle Bin icon, the feature has remained largely unchanged throughout the ...