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I just realized when I delete files they are not going to recycle bin – I get the question if I permanently want to delete the file. My recycle bin setting is not set to permanently delete. I need to check my settings in CCleaner but not sure where or how. Thanks.
Are you talking about in Duplicate finder
When i just tried it, it sent them to recycle bin
are you talking about a different part of ccleaner?
I’m talking about the regular recycle bin on my PC, windows 11. Since I have checked that the Recycle bin’s settings are NOT set to permanently delete, I was wondering if perhaps there was a setting in CCleaner that would override that setting and attempt to permanently delete files. AI says that’s possible, though I would have had to set that up myself, but I can’t find any settings in CCleaner related to the Recycle bin.
Ccleaner has no faculties which would switch a regular delete, not done by ccleaner, to permantly delete.
Thank you, Nergal. I think I’ll have to continue with the assumption that it’s a Windows problem then.
You usually get that question if/when you are deleting files on an external drive because those do not go to the Bin.
(ie. It’s a warning that if you delete files from an external drive Windows doesn’t put a backup copy in the bin).
You can also get a similar warning if the file that you are deleting is to big to be put in the bin.
There was a setting for Secure Deletion (no backup in the Bin) in CCleaner 6 and below, but I’m not sure if it got carried over into CCleaner7 (I don’t have v7 on this laptop to check that).
However that would only secure delete user files that you deleted from within CCleaner itself, (such as duplicate files which is what Nergal asked about), it didn’t change the Windows Recycle Bin behaviour for files that had been deleted in Windows or elsewhere.
