Deleting data with the Windows – Wintotal.de card basket

The Windows paper basket has a sad and abandoned existence on many desktops. The garbage can restore deleted files with a correct configuration. In the following suggestion we therefore show you how it is possible to configure the garbage in a significant way and use it in practice.

1. Here’s how the Windows paper basket works

The garbage is an integral part of Windows and is still considered. However, the Windows tool becomes interesting if you accidentally deleted a file and want to restore it. It is all the more important to know the exact function of the paper clashes.

If you delete a file in Windows, only the item is deleted in the Master file table, then the space occupied on the data carrier will be released again. The file itself is still available And with a little luck it can be restored with special data recovery tools as you recover. However, this does not always work, since Windows constantly writes on the data carrier and the space marked as «free» is overwritten again from temporary files or downloads, so that the deleted file can no longer be completely restored.

1.1. The files are moved to the garbage

If the garbage for a unit is activated in Windows, The files to be deleted are not really deleted, but are moved to a directory called «trash». In this way, the user can easily restore the «deleted» file.

Danger: If you delete in the Windows files, they are moved only to the garbage.

The card of the paper basket is hidden on each unit such as $ Recycle.bin and can be displayed in Windows Explorer if the display of hidden elements is activated.

The garbage can be as a desktop icon through the Settings -> Customization -> Design -> Settings of the desktop symbol Positioned permanently on the desktop and therefore also show through different icons if there are files in the garbage or not.

Alternatively, you can also create a new desktop link with the following path:

explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder

2. Great settings

You can reach its properties through the contextual menu of the paper collar. There they can Set for each local unit if you should use garbageSet the maximum size or immediately delete the files on the unit, which are therefore not moved to the garbage.

Here you can also turn on or deactivate the dialog to confirm the cancellation process.

Local units only: The waste basket does not work for the network units to which they are connected.

3. Working with garbage

If the garbage is activated for one or more units, the files will be deleted (via the ENTER key, the context menu or in any other way) moved to the garbage.

When the preset size for the garbage is reached, LWindows automatically breaks the oldest fileTo avoid enlarged space. In addition, the larger sticks of the garbage are not stored in the garbage.

A double click on the garbage opens the Windows Explorer. If the detailed view is activated, you will see the original path, the elimination date, the size, the type of file, etc. Through the context menu or the Explorer’s functions bar it is possible to restore the deleted files in the place of origin.

In detail, you can also set the filters so that you can only view files with a certain cancellation date. To do this, click on the down arrow in «Delete AM».

Since the garbage is «only» another Widows folder, functions such as compression or cutting files and folders are also available. You can also delete an deleted file and insert it again at another point.

3.1. Do not move the files to the garbage

Many users know the key combination of Windows Shift+Delit. This means that a file or a folder is not postponed even with active garbage, but but but Deleted directly. Windows also shows a suggestion. Direct cancellation also works from the context menu when the Schrebert key is pressed.

3.2. Automatic elimination after x days

Windows 10 and Windows 11 offer the opportunity to do it To automatically empty the garbage at certain intervalsto release storage space. You can find the responsible function in Windows 11 in Settings -> System -> Memory -> memory optimization.

Here you can determine that the files are deleted from the garbage if you are older than 1, 14, 30 or 60 days. With «Nie», automatic cancellation can also be off.

In Windows 10 you have to do in the settings below System -> Memory First activate memory optimization and can then activate the automatic deletion of older files in the garbage.

But you can also empty the garbage in its context menu at any time.

4. Safe deletion files

Windows himself offers no way to delete files safely. Remedy to paid tools as a secret Eraser. Shareware integrates in the contextual menu of Windows and can eliminate files safely and also empty the garbage.