How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin

This updated guide examines How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

Method 1of 2:

Renaming Every Instance

1. Start, Run, 'Regedit'.
   • As a good practice, always backup your registry before changing anything, although changing 'Recycle Bin' name is a simple tweak and doesn't affect anything else.
2. Press 'Ctrl'+'F' to open find box and type 'Recycle Bin' to search.
3. Change any value data with 'Recycle Bin' to whatever name you want to give it (ie, like 'Trash Can' or 'Dump' etc).
4. Press F3 to continue searching for 'Recycle Bin' and change wherever you come across 'Recycle Bin' to new its new name.
5. Repeat step 4 until you have finished with searching and changed all values to its new name.
6. Close regedit and hit F5 on desktop to see the new name on screen.

Method 2of 2:

Renaming the Value Data

1. Go to START ? Run. ..
2. Enter regedit and hit enter to open the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER ? SOFTWARE ? MICROSOFT ? WINDOWS ? CURRENT VERSION ? EXPLORER ? CLSID ? {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.
4. Double click on Default on the right panel. A small window will pop up.
5. Enter your desired name for the Recycle Bin into the empty space called 'Value Data'. When you have entered what you would like click 'OK'.
6. Close the Registry Editor.