Recycle Bin on Taskbar?

IanMosley · Aug 27, 2024

Is it possible to move the Recycle Bin from my desktop & add it to Taskbar?

antspants · Aug 27, 2024

antspants · Aug 27, 2024

Removed the last post as apparently since the taskbar fiascos, things have changed. Hopefully the video still works?

EDIT: You probably wont achieve the empty/full effect though regardless of the process.

Wisewiz · Aug 27, 2024

@antspants is dead on. Removing it from the desktop is easy, and putting a shortcut to it on the W11 taskbar is easy, but you can't get the Empty/Full alternation on the taskbar in W11. A single click on the taskbar icon opens the Recycle Bin window, shows you the contents, and offers to Empty Recycle Bin with the click of a button. I use a context menu addition from @Brink here on ElevenForum that makes monitoring the Bin and emptying the Bin child's play:

The "Zap 'em!" and the icon are idiosyncratic additions of my own. The original shows the Bin icon and uses the words "Empty Recycle Bin," if I remember correctly.

Add Empty Recycle Bin to Context Menu in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to add Empty Recycle Bin to the context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a hard disk, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin and the...

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IanMosley · Aug 27, 2024

Wisewiz said:
Removing it from the desktop is easy, . . .

I'm prepared to use the 'context menu' solution. However, how do I remove it from the 'Desktop'?

Brink · Aug 27, 2024

IanMosley said:
I'm prepared to use the 'context menu' solution. However, how do I remove it from the 'Desktop'?

Hello,

You can use an option below to remove the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop.

Add or Remove Desktop Icons in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will how you to add or remove common desktop icons for your account in Windows 11. The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop. Windows...

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Wisewiz · Aug 27, 2024

Type "desktop icons" into the Start search. That brings up the Themes window, and down below, there is a link for Desktop icon settings. Uncheck the Recycle Bin, and you're done.

IanMosley · Aug 27, 2024

Wisewiz · Aug 27, 2024

Sorry, @Brink. Didn't see that you had posted his solution before I posted.

Edwin · Aug 27, 2024

You can put a Live/working Recycle Bin on the Taskbar if you use StartAllBack, or the like.

Drag-N-Drop:

Full/Empty:

dacrone · Aug 27, 2024

You can add a live recycle bin to nav pane of explorer too

FrancoDT · Aug 27, 2024

I've been using a little taskbar recycle bin called MiniBin 6.6.0 for several generations of Windows now and it still works great. You can change the full and empty icons, see the size of the trash and just click to empty it.

antspants · Aug 28, 2024

IanMosley said:
Is it possible to move the Recycle Bin from my desktop & add it to Taskbar?

FrancoDT said:
I've been using a little taskbar recycle bin called MiniBin 6.6.0 for several generations of Windows now and it still works great. You can change the full and empty icons, see the size of the trash and just click to empty it.

FYI this works well.

Install

Download MiniBin - MajorGeeks

MiniBin is the free recycle bin for your system tray. Minibin may also come handy when you are hiding the recycle bin from your desktop or if you are using a replacement shell that provides a system t...

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Some useful configurations

Thanks, FrancoDT

FrancoDT · Aug 28, 2024

antspants said:
Thanks, @FrancoDT

Your welcome, just an FYI, the percentage settings don't work so you'll want to just set it to only use empty/full icons which work just fine. You can also set a custom empty recycles sound for it in your sound settings if you choose.

antspants · Aug 28, 2024

FrancoDT said:
Your welcome, just an FYI, the percentage settings don't work so you'll want to just set it to only use empty/full icons which work just fine. You can also set a custom empty recycles sound for it in your sound settings if you choose.

Thanks

antspants · Aug 28, 2024

Actually FrancoDT, my percentage bin icons work. I just tested by deleting a bunch of stuff. Before/After

FrancoDT · Aug 28, 2024

antspants said:
Actually FrancoDT, my percentage bin icons work. I just tested by deleting a bunch of stuff. Before/After

View attachment 106468 View attachment 106470

Oh good for you then, the percentage icons don't change on my machines so I just set them to empty/full which will always change.

antspants · Aug 28, 2024

FrancoDT said:
Oh good for you then, the percentage icons don't change on my machines so I just set them to empty/full which will always change.

Empty full is relevant and all that's needed.

It still states that there are files to empty regardless

Than ks again, very handy

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