How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin
Have you ever wanted to give a clever name to the Windows Recycle Bin? Rename the Recycle Bin using the Windows Registry Editor. Start, Run, 'Regedit'.
Method 1 of 2:
Renaming Every Instance
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Picture 1 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin 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.
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Picture 2 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Press 'Ctrl'+'F' to open find box and type 'Recycle Bin' to search. -
Picture 3 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Change any value data with 'Recycle Bin' to whatever name you want to give it (ie, like 'Trash Can' or 'Dump' etc). -
Picture 4 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Press F3 to continue searching for 'Recycle Bin' and change wherever you come across 'Recycle Bin' to new its new name. - Repeat step 4 until you have finished with searching and changed all values to its new name.
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Picture 5 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Close regedit and hit F5 on desktop to see the new name on screen.
Method 2 of 2:
Renaming the Value Data
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Picture 6 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Go to START → Run... -
Picture 7 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Enter regedit and hit enter to open the Registry Editor. -
Picture 8 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Navigate to the following location:HKEY_CURRENT_USER → SOFTWARE → MICROSOFT → WINDOWS → CURRENT VERSION → EXPLORER → CLSID → {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. -
Picture 9 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Double click on Default on the right panel. A small window will pop up. -
Picture 10 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin 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'. -
Picture 11 of How to Rename the Windows Recycle Bin Close the Registry Editor.
Update 04 March 2020
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