How to Get Rid Of The Recycle Bin

XP offers you a very clean desktop. Clearing it up is fairly simple; however, there’s one item that sticks out like a sore thumb on your otherwise clean desktop—the Recycle Bin. You cannot get rid of it by just deleting it or through any menu options. Deleting it from your desktop needs a Registry tweak. 

 

 

In the Registry Editor, delete the following key: 

HKEY_ LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion ExplorerDesktop NameSpace {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

 

Restart your computer. The Recycle Bin will no longer be on your desktop.

 

Alternatively, instead of deleting the aforementioned key, you can change the value for {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}to‘1’ HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorer

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So after this, where does all your deleted stuff go? To the Recycle Bin, of course! You’ve just done away with the icon from your desktop. To delete something from the Recycle Bin, delete it from C:Recycled or C:Recycler (the name depends on the file system).