Find the Recycle Bin. If your desktop shows no icons at all, right-click (or press and hold) the desktop and select View. If Show desktop icons has no checkmark, click it to add one. If that doesn't work, try this: Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes > Desktop icon settings.

Use this app to try to recover lost files that have been deleted from your local storage device (including internal drives, external drives, and USB devices) and can’t be restored from the Recycle Bin. Recovery on cloud storage and network file shares is not supported.

In the left navigation pane, under Folders, locate the Recycle Bin folder, and then drag the Recycle Bin folder to the desktop. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options . Click the View tab, and then click to select the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box.

Find the Recycle Bin. If your desktop shows no icons at all, right-click (or press and hold) the desktop and select View. If Show desktop icons has no checkmark, click it to add one. If that doesn't work, try this: Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Themes > Desktop icon settings.

Learn to delete or restore files from your OneDrive recycle bin in Android or iOS, plus how to see how much storage you have available in your personal OneDrive account.

While items are in the site recycle bin, you can restore items you deleted to their original location. If you're using SharePoint in Microsoft 365, you can even view and restore items that were deleted by someone else, as long as you have edit permissions.

Here's how to get the Recycle Bin on your desktop in Windows 10: Select the Start  button, then select Settings . Select Personalization > Themes > Desktop icon settings. Select the Recycle Bin check box > Apply. Notes: To get to desktop icon settings in Windows 8.1, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, then select Search.

You cannot empty the Recycle Bin on a computer that is running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Cause. This issue occurs because the Recycle Bin folder is corrupted. Resolution. To fix this problem, follow these steps to regenerate the Recycle Bin folder by using the command prompt: Open an elevated command prompt.

If you’ve deleted Class Notebook pages or sections and then emptied the OneNote Recycle bin, you can recover these files using OneDrive. This works if the OneDrive Recycle bin hasn't been emptied yet.

There is an easy way to bypass the Recycle Bin altogether. NOTE: If you delete a file or folder from a resource that is not local (such as a network computer), the file or folder does not go to the Recycle Bin, the item is instantly deleted.