Wipe Recycle Bin : Empty Recycle Bin

Empty and wipe the Recycle Bin
When you delete files from your computer, they are temporarily stored in the Recycle Bin so you may easily restore the files to their original location if necessary. To permanently delete files from your computer, you need to permanently delete files from the Recycle Bin. Using Delete Files Permanently Portable you can permanently delete files from the Recycle Bin with one click.

There are two ways to wipe the Recycle Bin:
- using the 'Wipe Recycle Bin with DFP' option integrated in the Recycle Bin right-click menu
- through the Delete Files Permanently Portable main window

To wipe the Recycle Bin:

Tips:
1. If you have Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows 2008, we recommend that you run Delete Files Permanently Portable as an administrator so you have permissions to delete all necessary files, wipe free space and wipe the Recycle Bin.
If you have Windows XP/2003/2000/ME/98, make sure you have administrative privileges.

2. If you use an anti-virus scanner that checks files saved to the disk, it could slow permanent deleting files, wiping free space and wiping the Recycle Bin as the anti-virus scanner checks files after each overwriting/verification pass.

Run Delete Files Permanently Portable

Click the 'Tools' button

in the toolbar.

Select 'Wipe Recycle Bin'.

Empty and wipe Recycle Bin

Select a wiping scheme from the drop-down list.

Note: The more passes a wiping scheme has, the more time the process takes. Unless special security is desired, the single-pass, double-pass or triple-pass wiping methods are sufficient to prevent data recovering.

Select where you want to wipe the Recycle Bin.

Click the 'Wipe Recycle Bin' button.

Delete Files Permanently Frequently Asked Questions
• How do I delete Tempy Files in Windows XP?

To delete Temp files in Windows XP, you should:
1. Open 'Start' menu, select 'Search' -> 'For Files or folders'
2. Select 'All files and folders'.
3. In 'All or part of file name' field type *.tmp to search for any files ending with tmp.
4. Click Find Now
5. Delete all temporary files that are found
To delete all Temporary files, you should visit all directories where Windows Temporary Files are stored and empty these Temporary Files directories manually.