Recycle Bin Icon Not Refreshing or Changing: 4 Ways to Fix

Registry issues can cause problems with Recycle Bin icon

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Updated onNovember 22, 2023

updated onNovember 22, 2023

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Many reported that the Recycle Bin icon is not refreshing, which can be a problem for some users because they can’t know if the Recycle Bin is empty.

While this isn’t a major issue, many users find this bug irritating, and in today’s guide, we’re going to show you a couple of solutions that can help you fix it.

Why won’t my Recycle Bin icon refresh?

What can I do if the Recycle Bin icon is not refreshing?

1. Edit the registry

A few users suggested that deleting(Default),empty, andfullstrings worked for them. To do that, follow these steps:

2. Rebuild the thumbnail cache

3. Select empty and full Recycle Bin icons

4. Reset the Recycle Bin

How do I make my Recycle Bin reappear?

To learn more, we suggest reading a guide on how torestore Recycle Bin.

If the Recycle Bin icon is not refreshing, it’s usually a minor registry glitch that can be easily fixed. For more information, you can check ourcorrupted Recycle Binguide to see how to fix it.

To learn more about this feature, we suggest reading our guide on how tochange Recycle Bin settingsor our guide on how tohide Recycle Bin.

If you know any other working methods, let us know about them in the comments section below.

Recycle Bin Icon Not Refreshing or Changing: 4 Ways to Fix#

What can I do if the Recycle Bin icon is not refreshing?#

1. Edit the registry#

2. Rebuild the thumbnail cache#

3. Select empty and full Recycle Bin icons#

4. Reset the Recycle Bin#

How do I make my Recycle Bin reappear?#