How to change the Recycle Bin icon

Swapping your Recycle Bin icon on Windows 10 for a different one is quite an easy process and our guide provides the steps on how to do it.
It's important to make sure that the new icons are a .ico file, otherwise, you cannot change the Recycle Bin icons.
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The Recycle Bin has been a Windows feature for over two decades now. It offers a safety net for users and is a very useful tool for recovering accidentally deleted files in Windows 10.

Recycle Bin is displayed as two icons on Windows 10, one for when the bin is empty, and the other one for when it contains files.

How do I change the Recycle Bin icon?

1. Changing the icons using Desktop Icon Settings

Head over to the bottom-left of your Taskbar, select the Search bar, then type in Themes.

Choose the first option

Click on Desktop icon settings on the right side of the screen

Choose the Recycle Bin (full) icon, then select Change icon

You can now select another Windows icon in its place or click Browse and choose another image (in this case the Windows 7 Recycle bin icon).

To save it, click OK

Repeat the same steps by choosing the Recycle Bin (empty) icon, then choose Change icon

Choose the Recycle Bin (empty icon), then click Change icon.

The new icon needs to be a .ico file, as Windows will not accept other image file types

Select Apply, then click OK.

Your Recycle Bin icons should now be changed to the images you selected

2. Restore the icons to the default ones

Type in Themes again in your Search bar, then click on the first option

Head over to Desktop icon settings

Select the Recycle Bin (full) icon, then click on Restore Default

Repeat the same action with the Recycle Bin (empty) icon

Click OK to save the settings and exit the menu

Your Recycle Bin icons should now be set back to the default Windows 10 ones

Changing the Recycle Bin icons is fairly straightforward and not very difficult for a user to do. The methods presented above will work for changing any Windows 10 icon to a different one or changing it to the default one.

Is your Windows 10 Recycle Bin icon not refreshing? Check out our troubleshooting guide on solving this issue.

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