Permanently Delete Files and Folders from Windows

Posted by a_usman on Jun 25 2009 in How To, Tips and Tutorials, Windows | 0 comments

recycle-bin-direct-deleteI am going to share this tip because of two reasons:

1. Sometimes people want to delete files and folders  permanently from windows without sending them into recycle bin.

2. Sometimes they want to delete a file temporarily but it is deleted permanently and when they open the recycle bin, there is no file to restore. You can say these two options are opposite to each other.

Here is very simple solution and often people don’t know how to do it.

  1. If you want to delete a file or folder permanently, simple press hold the SHIFT key and then press the delete key and file will be deleted permanently.
  2. There is another solution in which you don’t need to press hold the shift key. In fact you can configure to delete all the files automatically which are sent to recycle bin.

How to Do it??

1. Right click on recycle bin icon and click properties option.

recycle-bin-direct-delete

2. In Recycle bin properties window, check the optionDont move files to
recycle bin
. Remove files immediately when deleted.

3. Click Apply, OK.

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