How Can I Pin Recycle Bin to the Taskbar in Windows 10?

If you use a program regularly, you can pin it to the taskbar on your Windows 10 computer for convenience. You can just right-click the shortcut of the program and select Pin to taskbar to put the program icon to the taskbar.

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However, when you want to use this method to add Recycle Bin to the taskbar in Windows 10, you may discover that there is no Pin to taskbar option in the pop-up menu. How to make Windows 10 move Recycle Bin to the taskbar? It is a problem. But after reading this post, it will not be an issue anymore.

How Can I Pin Recycle Bin to the Taskbar in Windows 10?

In this part, we will show you how to pin Recycle Bin to the taskbar in Windows 10. You need to strictly follow the steps to add Recycle Bin to the taskbar in Windows 10.

1. Create a new and empty folder on your computer. You can create it in any location. I create a folder like this: D:\Recycle Bin.

2. Open the newly created Recycle Bin folder.

3. Drag the Recycle Bin icon from your desktop to the Recycle Bin folder.

4. The shortcut in the Recycle Bin is automatically named Recycle Bin – Shortcut. You need to rename the shortcut as Recycle Bin. You can right-click the shortcut and then select Rename to rename it.

5. Now, you need to create a new toolbar on the taskbar. Please do these things: right-click the taskbar and then go to Toolbars > New toolbar.

6. The Choose a folder interface will pop up. On this interface, you need to go to find the newly created Recycle Bin folder and then click the Select Folder You should not open the Recycle Bin folder in this step.

7. You can see Recycle Bin on the taskbar. It is a text rather than an icon. If you only want to see the Recycle Bin icon, you can right-click Recycle Bin and then uncheck both Show Text and Show title. However, if you have locked the taskbar, you need to first unlock it by right-clicking the taskbar and then uncheck Lock the taskbar.

8. After these steps, you can see the Recycle Bin icon on the taskbar.

When you want to restore some deleted files from Recycle Bin, you can just click the Recycle Bin icon on the taskbar to open it and then select your needed files to recover. It is quick.

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Now, you know how to pin Recycle Bin to the taskbar. If you are still bothered by other related issues, you can let us know in the comments.