Recycle Bin is a temporary storage for all deleted files and folders. The Recycle Bin is present in all versions of the Windows operating system. Recycle Bin is used to recover deleted files and it acts as a container for deleted items. When you delete a file or folder from your computer, it is not permanently deleted, instead, Windows stores these deleted files in the Recycle Bin. If the Recycle Bin is full, you can free it by permanently deleting all files from the Recycle Bin.
Recycle Bin size depends on disk or drive partition size, mainly Recycle Bin will take up 5% from disk or drive size. Most of the time you can find the trash can icon on the desktop. Or you can search for words in Search when the Recycle Bin is hidden from the desktop.
In this article, we would like to share another way to open and delete trash in Recycle Bin. It's from in/out the system tray with the help of MiniBin. MiniBin is a free recycle bin software for Windows. MiniBin was developed to empty the trash without having to minimize any windows, saving a few clicks. Besides saving you a few clicks, Minibin can also come in handy when you're hiding the recycle bin from your desktop.
MiniBin is compatible with Windows 11 and earlier versions of Windows, is available for free, and is extremely compact at just 86 KB. You go here to download and extract the MiniBin-6.6.0.0-Setup file. You run it with administrative rights by right-clicking> select Run as administrator to install.
After installation is complete, MiniBin will be hidden in the system tray. You can pull it out for easy manipulation. Now, when you want to open or clean junk files in the Recycle Bin, right-click the MiniBin icon > select:
– Open to open the Recycle Bin.
– Empty to empty the trash.
MiniBin also has some other extra features in Configure.
– Icon Double-Click Action: Choose the action (open, delete) when double-clicking the MiniBin icon.
– Change Icons: Select the icon to display the status of junk files in the Recycle Bin.
When not in use, press Exit to turn off MiniBin.