# Where's my Recycle Bin? (Win XP)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-recycle-bin-win-xp/268934>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-recycle-bin-win-xp/268934 "2004-10-13T02:04:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-recycle-bin-win-xp/268934/1 "2004-10-13T02:04:13Z")

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I’m an idiot, I know, but I can’t for the life of me find it.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-recycle-bin-win-xp/268934/2 "2004-10-13T02:25:25Z")

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Single click on any icon on your desktop so that it’s highlighted then press the “R” key. The highlight will move to the icons starting with R.

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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-recycle-bin-win-xp/268934/3 "2004-10-13T02:34:03Z")

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What do ya know? My icons were hidden. :smack: Thank you.