How to Schedule Windows to Empty Recycle Bin Automatically

 

 

How to Schedule Windows to Empty Recycle Bin Automatically

 There’s a couple of ways you can auto-delete files from the Recycle Bin. You can either use the Storage Sense option in the Windows 10 settings menu or use the Task Scheduler to schedule the task to repeat periodically. Here are both.

 

Method 1  

You can enable and configure the Storage Sense on Windows 10 to empty Recycle Bin automatically.

Step 1: Press Windows Key + I to open Settings and go to System or open your window search bar then search for Storage Settings 

 

 

Step 2: In there, navigate to the Storage settings
using the left sidebar. On your right, turn on the Storage Sense option
if it isn’t already. After that, click on Configure Storage Sense or run
it now.

 

 

Step 3: On the following page, tick the box for ‘Delete
temporary files that my apps aren’t using’ under Temporary Files. After
that, use the drop-down menu to select from the available time period
options.

 

 

You can choose to purge the contents of the recycle bin daily, bi-weekly, monthly, or once every two months.

Once configured, Windows will automatically empty files from Recycle Bin.

 

 

 

 

Step 1: First of all, open the Task Scheduler on your Windows. You can do that by searching for it in the start menu or using the run command “taskschd.msc” in the Run windows.

 Step 2: After the Task Scheduler opens up on your computer, click on the option “Create Basic task” located under the Action category in the right panel.

 

 

 

Enter The Name You Wish To Name The Setup

 

 

Step 4: Now setup the time interval you want your recycle bin to be empty automatically, then tap on Next. 

 

 

 

Step 5: After that, set the start date and time to clear your recycle bin, set the months you want your recycle bin to be cleared

 

 

 

 Step 6: Now click on the Next button again and select only Start Program then tap next

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Enter the command given above

How to Stop Recycle Bin from Deleting

 If you want to stop Windows from deleting files from Recycle Bin
automatically, you can easily do so by turning off Storage Sense or
deleting the task in the Task Scheduler.

 

If you’ve enabled Storage Sense on Windows 10, here’s how to stop it from emptying Recycle Bin automatically.

Step 1: Press Windows Key + I to open Settings and go to System.   

Step 2:
In there, navigate to the Storage settings using the left sidebar. On
your right, turn off the Storage Sense switch. To further configure
Storage Sense, click on the ‘Configure Storage Sense or run it now’
option.

Step 3: On the following page, under Temporary Files, use the drop-down menu to select Never

 

 

 

 

If you’ve used the Windows Task Scheduler to empty Recycle Bin periodically, here’s how to stop the task.

Step 1: Open the Start menu, type in task scheduler, and press Enter.

Step 2: In the Task Scheduler window, right-click on the created task and simply Delete it.

 

Alternatively, if you wish to enable the task in the future, just disable the task instead of deleting it.