How do I empty the recycle bin on Windows 7?

Where have they hidden the recycle bin?

3 Answers

Each drive shows the recycle bin in windows 7, and it's a hidden folder called $Recycle.Bin ...although it shows up on each drive, there's really just one bin, all the drives are 'shortcuts' to the same bin. Right-click, empty really does fully empty it.

I do not have the Recycle Bin on my desktop, and it took me some time to understand how to empty it:

1. Open the Windows Explorer
2. Go in Computer
3. Right click on the disk whose you want to empty the Recycle Bin, and click on Properties
4. Click on Disk Cleanup
5. Tick the Recycle Bin checkbox, click on Ok.

That's it!

Right click in file explorer left side panel. Click show all folders. Right click recycle bin once it appears. Empty it