When the Recycle Bin of a drive reaches its maximum storage size, Windows will automatically permanently delete (empty) older files in the Recycle Bin location to accommodate the most recently deleted files and folders. When you manually empty the Recycle Bin, all files in the Recycle Bin will be permanently deleted to free up disk space. Use this app to try to recover lost files that have been deleted from your local storage device (including internal drives, external drives, and USB devices) and can’t be restored from the Recycle Bin.

Understanding the Context

Recovery on cloud storage and network file shares is not supported. Accidentally deleted an important file? Wiped clean your hard drive? How to Recover Deleted Files with Windows File Recovery in Windows 10 Items in the Recycle Bin still take up hard disk space and can be undeleted or restored back to their original location.

Key Insights

When the Recycle Bin of a drive reaches its maximum storage size, Windows will automatically permanently delete (empty) older files in the Recycle Bin location to accommodate the most recently deleted files and folders. My Recycle Bin (s) was/were not corrupt - and the CMD error messages when I tried to delete/recreate them were nonsense! I suspected my X-drive since it had a HUGE amount of unwanted FILEHISTORY files (apparently W10 created it there without me knowing it, so I de-activated FileHistory and tried to delete the files inside the folder. How to Change the Default Recycle Bin Icon in Windows 10 The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from your hard disk, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin and the Recycle Bin icon changes from empty to full.

Final Thoughts

This tutorial will show you how to change the default full and empty icon of the Recycle Bin for your account in Windows 10. You may also want to allow or prevent themes to change desktop icons for your Recycle Bin icons.