How do I empty the recycle bin of an external drive?
Register a free account to unlock additional features at BleepingComputer.com
Welcome to BleepingComputer, a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers. Using the site is easy and fun. As a guest, you can browse and view the various discussions in the forums, but can not create a new topic or reply to an existing one unless you are logged in. Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.
How do I empty the recycle bin of an evternal drive?
Started by
richierein
, Apr 27 2012 06:52 AM
7 replies to this topic
#1
richierein
-
- Members
-
- 347 posts
Forum Regular
- Gender:Male
- Location:West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Back to top- BC Ads
- BleepingComputer.com
#2
Allan
-
- BC Advisor
-
- 7,168 posts
Forum Addict
- Gender:Male
- Location:New Jersey
Posted 27 April 2012 - 06:53 AM
Same as any other - right-click on the recycle bin and empty it.
Admin, Tweaks.com Forums
#3
richierein
-
- Members
-
- 347 posts
Forum Regular
- Gender:Male
- Location:West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
#4
Queen-Evie
-
- Moderator
-
- 6,352 posts
Official Bleepin' Bama Belle
- Gender:Not Telling
- Location:Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:44 AM
There may not be a recycle bin in the external drive. When you delete something from the drive it gets sent to the recycle bin on your desktop.
#5
richierein
-
- Members
-
- 347 posts
Forum Regular
- Gender:Male
- Location:West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:13 AM
The recycle bin on my C: drive had 15 files in it. I deleted over 1000 files from H:
#6
Allan
-
- BC Advisor
-
- 7,168 posts
Forum Addict
- Gender:Male
- Location:New Jersey
Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:00 AM
Check the properties of your recycle bin and see if the external drive is being "protected". If not, you can choose to enable the recycle bin on that drive if you like.
Admin, Tweaks.com Forums
#7
Guest_Xircal_*
Guest_Xircal_*
-
- Guests
Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:07 AM
Click Start and in the Search field at the bottom, type: Disk Cleanup. Click the link which appears and then look for the drive letter of the external drive in the menu which appears. If you can't see that, then it means it doesn't have a Recycle Bin. That means that when you delete files on it, they are erased permanently.
#8
coxchris
-
- Members
-
- 974 posts
Distinguished Member
- Gender:Male
- Location:Stevinson CA
Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:52 AM
Shift+ Del deletes it permanently when you click the file to select it
AA in Computer Networking Technology
Studying BS in Information Technology (general) at Western Governors University
CompTIA A+|ce certified CompTIA Network+ certified
Studying BS in Information Technology (general) at Western Governors University
CompTIA A+|ce certified CompTIA Network+ certified
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users
