How to Empty Your Recycle Bin on a Schedule on Windows 10
47How to Empty Your Recycle Bin on a Schedule on Windows 10.
Using a built-in feature called Storage Sense, you can save disk space by configuring Windows 10 to delete files of a certain age located in your Recycle Bin automatically every day, week, or month. Here’s how to set it up.
When you delete a file on Windows, it’s not permanently gone. It actually goes to the Recycle Bin. It’s the first place you should look if you accidentally delete a file. But the files continue to take up disk space. And after time, can take up quite a bit of storage.
We’ve shown you how to limit the amount of disk space the Recycle Bin uses (which works on all versions of Windows). But now with Windows 10, the company has a new utility that makes keeping your disk clean of clutter much easier. And it includes the Recycle Bin.
Even though chances are you already know how to empty the Recycle Bin, you often forget to do such a simple task. Then it's not until you're running out of space that you go through the steps to manually empty the trash to delete all its content for good.
Although there are number of ways you can configure the Recycle Bin on Windows 10 (and previous versions), emptying the trash on schedule is not one of them.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to automatically empty the Recycle Bin using the Task Scheduler to keep the hard drive space optimized, while giving you enough time to recover deleted files.
First, launch “Settings” by opening the “Start Menu” and clicking the “gear” icon on the left. You can also press Windows+I to open Settings quickly. In Settings, click the “System” icon and then click “Storage.”
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).