Windows 10: $Recycle.bin Folder?

Looking at the Recycle Bin via the desktop icon the folder is empty, including when I show hidden system files. Looking at the C drive on Treesize I see this...





...what is the $Recycle.bin folder and can I delete it to create space?

:)

 

Some files still remain in $RECYCLE.BIN

Try to delete the Recycle Bin folder with these following commands as administrator. Let assume the drive letter is K:. Here are the steps:

1. Take ownership: Takeown /F "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /R /D Y
   
2. Change permission: Icacls "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /grant EveryoneOI)(CI)(F) /T
   
3. Remove system attributes: Attrib -R -S -H "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /S /D
   
4. Delete folder: Rmdir /S /Q "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN"
   

Alternatively, combine those steps in a single batch file (.bat) and run it as administrator:

Code:

@echo off

Takeown /F "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /R /D Y 

Icacls "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /grant Everyone:(OI)(CI)(F) /T 

Attrib -R -S -H "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" /S /D 

Rmdir /S /Q "K:\$RECYCLE.BIN" 

pause

Then restart Explorer or log-out and re-login into your account.

Further details:

• Takeown command
  
• Icacls command
  
• Attrib command
  
• Rmdir command
  

 

Corrupted $Recycle.bin

Hello i have problem i struggle with.

On my laptop , whenever i close my monitor, i have chance to get my trash.bin corrupted, which results with pop-up with dead buttons, after i log in on pc. The only way to continue work is to hard reset. There is small chance i get this popup before logging
, and then i can solve it. I do have double boot on my computer, becuase this problem is troublesome. I have disc C, and disk E which is other system (works).

In $Recycle.bin i find:

1. Recycle Bin (empty)
2. S-1-5-18 (which i cant do anything on it) Its serial code as someone said.

What ive tried:

Running in cmd (with administor permissions) command: rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin , but i have no permissions.

Redownloading Windows10 and installing it again(helped until first update i think).

I do not know what to do at this point. I can remove everything if its needed.

Also ill ask here , can i do something to hide separated disk part for ubuntu, or make it possible to transfer files? Its my working system now since w10 is failing my expectations whenever i have to discard my unsaved progress.

 

Corrupted D drive recycle bin and access denied to $Recycle.bin

Hi Mr. Connor,

Welcome to our community.

This is Leocadia, independent community expert, and I am glad to assist you today.

Sorry to hear about this inconvenience. Now, we would like to help you promptly.

Are you logged in as a user with an administrative account ?

From Control Panel / File Explorer options / View (tab)

uncheck/unhide system protected operating files

then go to and open each drive you should see at the top of the folder tree the Recycle.bin folders... open them and will see the permissions and an additional recycle.bin

... delete all the permissions, delete all the recycle.bin(s) on each drive then Restart windows. (Below you will find step by step more detailed).

Go to Control Panel > Tab File Explorer > Click View;

Uncheck or unhide system protected operating files > Go to open each drive and you'll see the Recycle.bin folder and permissions with an additional recycle.bin;

Delete all the permissions, all the recycle.bin(s) on each drive and then Restart Windows.

Then, reinstall recycle bin in Windows 10/8/7

Right-click on Desktop > Select Personalize;

Click on Themes > Click Desktop Icon settings under Related Settings;

Check Recycle Bin > Click Apply.

After getting the recycle bin back, don't rush to use it contain useless files. Do remember to open the Recycle Bin and check out whether the deleted data are in it or not. If no tracks can be found, you'll need professional data recovery software for help.