In my Windows 10, the symptom is that when I try to open my recycle bin or try to right-click and empty, the system lags for like 20s before it does anything. When I open recycle bin properties ...

After checking the Recycle Bin, Microsoft's command-line option is worth a try. But a dedicated recovery tool is often your best bet for retrieving a deleted file. Here's how to use one.

From diving into the recycle bin to digging through Microsoft's Windows File Recovery utility, here's how to recover lost and deleted files in Windows 11. Lost your files on a Mac, too?

If you want to delete a file permanently without sending it to the Recycle Bin, add the 'Permanently Delete' item to the Context Menu.