Hide Recycle Bin On XP Desktop

Posted: May 4th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: XP | Tags: , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Removing the Recycle Bin from your desktop is a fairly easy process.  First click on ‘Start’ and select ‘Run…’, then type in ‘gpedit.msc’.

When the Group Policy window opens up, expand:

User Configuration -> Administrative Templates

then click the ‘Desktop’ folder.

remove recycle bin

In the right pane, double-click ‘Remove Recycle Bin icon from the desktop’ then select the ‘Enabled’  button.  Click Ok and close the Group Policy editor.

Logout of Windows and Log back in to see your changes.

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4 Comments on “Hide Recycle Bin On XP Desktop”

  1. 1 marek koznar said at 10:29 pm on September 3rd, 2009:

    what if there is no Desktop folder? :(

    thanks…

  2. 2 damit said at 2:16 pm on October 30th, 2009:

    look under user configuration, not computer configuration

  3. 3 tb said at 1:48 am on October 31st, 2009:

    Just like Marek… No desktop folder in my case. Whether under Computer config, or User config.
    Using XP SP3.

  4. 4 Name said at 8:16 am on August 16th, 2011:

    Thanks man , it really help!

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