The Recycle Bin is an icon known to all Windows users and is one of the most commonly used. Working in a team sometimes involves altering the appearance or functioning of it. Working with shortcuts and icons usually gives errors or problems, disappearing.
As we all know, Windows 10 brings us back to the typical desktop of old Windows versions (7, XP etc.) with features such as the start button, default desktop icons etc. If you are one of those who want to hide the recycle bin icon on the Windows 10 desktop or add quite useful ones, this tutorial will be very useful. Protect the final deletion of your files by deactivating the shortcut of the Recycle Bin.
If we get on top of the recycle bin icon we will see that by default we cannot delete it.
Let's see how we can hide or show the Recycle Bin icon along with others such as Control Panel or Network in Windows 10.
How to turn off Recycle Bin icon in Windows 10
Step 1
Press the Windows key and then in the Configuration option.
Step 2
We enter the Windows 10 Settings options. Click on the Personalization option (Background, lock screen).
Step 3
Click on the menu on the left the "Themes" option, and the option "Desktop icon settings" will appear, enter it.
Step 4
As we can see, all the Windows 10 desktop icons appear that you can enable or disable simply by marking the ones that interest you to appear. In this case we have unchecked the "Recycle Bin" option so that it does not continue to appear on the desktop.
Step 5
In addition to this we see that we can add or remove all these icons from the desktop:
- Recycle Bin
- Team
- User Files
- Net
- Control Panel
And that's it, it won't appear anymore, you can bring these icons back to life by returning to these options.
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