How to automatically empty the Recycle Bin on Windows 11
If you have been using Windows for a while, you may know that when you delete a file, it will not disappear permanently. Alternatively, when you delete files, you go to the Recycle Bin.
You need to clean the Recycle Bin to permanently delete the files stored in the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin is a useful option because it allows you to recover files that you didn't mean to delete.
However, over time, the Recycle Bin can take up a lot of storage space. Although Windows allows users to limit the amount of disk space used by the Recycle Bin, many users do not set this limit.
However, in Windows 11, you can set up the storage sensor to automatically delete the Recycle Bin. Storage Sense is a storage management feature that appears in both Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Steps to empty the Recycle Bin automatically in Windows 11
Since we have already discussed how to use the storage sensor on Windows 10, in this article, we will discuss how to empty the Recycle Bin on Windows 11 automatically. To automatically delete the Recycle Bin files, you need to configure the meaning of storage. Here are the steps to follow.
1. First of all, click the Start Windows 11 button and select Settings .
2. On the Settings page, click on the System option.
3. In the left pane, click on the Storage option.
4. Now, under "Storage Management", click on the "Storage Sensor" option.
5. On the next screen, enable and automatic user content cleanup.
6. Next, under Delete files in my Recycle Bin if they have been around for more, select the number of days (1, 14, 20 or 60) from the drop-down list.
That's all! It's done. Depending on the days you selected, the storage sensor will turn on and empty the Recycle Bin.
So, this guide is about how to empty the Recycle Bin on Windows 11 automatically. Hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends as well. If you have any doubts regarding this, let us know in the comments box below.