The Recycle Bin is where most unnecessary files end up. It is one of the most important Windows folders where you can send all the unwanted files and even you can restore from the recycle bin if you need to, which means that anyone can recover the deleted files from the recycle bin. So, how to lock or hide the recycle bin windows 10 or older versions? In this tutorial, you will learn everything.

Hide Recycle Bin Windows 10, 8

To hide Recycle Bin on Windows 10 or Windows 8, you need to follow the steps mentioned below. Make sure to follow the steps as shown.

1. Right click on the desktop.
2. Choose Personalize in the popup menu.
3. Click on themes Menu from the left navigation menu.
4. under Related settingsClick on Desktop icon settings to choose.
5. Deselect trash box and click OK.

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For Windows 7 and Vista

For Windows 7 or Vista, you can hide the Recycle Bin by following the steps below.

1. Right click on the desktop.
2. Choose Personalize in the popup menu.
3. In the Personalize the look and sounds window, click Change desktop icons The link is on the left side.
4. deselect trash box and click OK.

For Windows XP

To hide the Recycle Bin on Windows XP, you can do it using the TweakUI app. Follow the following steps.

1. Download and install Windows TweakUI.
2. Open the downloaded TweakUI and click desktop As shown in the picture.
3. at desktop sectiondeselect trash check box and click hit yes button.

You can also remove the Recycle Bin icon through the Windows registry method. Before you try it, make sure you do it correctly or else you may cause your Windows to crash. to do this. Follow next steps.

1. Opens start> He runsAnd type regedit and press Enters.
2. Go to the registration site below.

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

3. Find the registry key below and delete it.

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}