[SOLVED] Recycle Bins

[bwallx]

My Win 11 system has several SATA hard drives and I get very confused over the recycle bins when I accidentally delete a file.

I can not see the file I just deleted. I seem to remember there is a recycle bin for each drive but file explorer only show one.

I use winaero Tweaker to configure what explorer shows but it can't resolve the issue. Deleted files just vanish!

 

[Colif]

You do get one per drive but the properties of the Recycle bin desktop shortcut should be linked to all of them. So it should show contents of all drives.

You can change size and also set it so if you delete it doesn't keep any records, maybe check if that is unticked. I don't think I see a way to set its location.
link shows how to access the shortcut - https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-recycle-bin-storage-settings-windows-11

How to Open Recycle Bin in Windows 11

This post details multiple ways to open Recycle Bin icon in Windows 11, even if you delete its icon from the Desktop. By default, Windows 11 has a Recycle

winaero.com

 

[hotaru.hino]

The recycling bin for each partition is in a special folder called $Recycle.bin. <Potentially dangerous advice deleted by moderator>

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Do NOT be mucking around in $Recycle.bin manually. It is not intended to be poked around in in that fashion. You won't find anything recognizable in there anyway and if you touch anything you will likely corrupt the container and cause other issues.