For some reason sometimes, for instance when moving a file from my flash drive to the recycle bin, I get a message that says exactly whats quoted above and rather than storing it in the recycle bin the file is indeed permanently deleted. Recently I did this for a very important document and it was a headache using file recovery software to retrieve it. My question is, how can I disable this from happening in the future so that EVERYTHING I move to the recycling bin stays there until I empty it?
Annoying warning: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?"
How do I delete files permanently from my computer and make it unrecoverable?
win11 24h2, disable 'Are you sure you want to permanently delete' dialog on network share?
Files are permanently deleted, even if dragged to the recycle bin
This is new behaviour, no?
Well, it's new behaviour since Windows 8.0.
I went through my collection of Mostly Legitimate Windows ISOs and installed all of them.
The option to enable/disable confirmations when sending files to Recycle Bin has been available ever since Windows 95 introduced the feature in general, but it was enabled by default up until Windows 7 (I tried SP1). However, fresh installations of Windows 8.0 and all later versions (8.1 all the way to 10.21H2) have the confirm prompt disabled by default.
Permanent deletion with Shift+Del or files too large for the Recycle Bin will still result in a confirmation dialog regardless of this setting. (Though oddly, if the entire Recycle Bin is manually turned off, prompts still remain disabled even though deletion is now permanent...)
Modern UI design seems to avoid confirm prompts for actions that are easily undone (e.g. restoring from Recycle Bin), so that when a confirmation dialog does show up, it actually means something important – and isn't as likely to get dismissed without even looking (alert fatigue).
For example, if the user gets prompted for all recycled files and habitually click "Yes", they're likely to never notice that sometimes the dialog says "File is too large for Recycle Bin, do you want to permanently delete it".
Windows Update is capable of changing settings without prior notice.
If this setting was changed, here are the places to look, where this confirmation could have been disabled.
Right-click the Recycle Bin, select Properties and verify that "Display delete confirmation dialog" is set.
Run
gpedit.mscand navigate to
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer.
Verify the setting of the policy named "Display confirmation dialog when deleting files".
Run
regeditand navigate to the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Right-click the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and name this asConfirmFileDelete. The value data should be1to enable.
Reference (and source of the images): How to Enable or Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog on Windows 10?
Hello, looking like this issue is impossible based on (google, microsoft search), but figured I'd ask here for a second eye, please -
Windows file explorer "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this [file / folder / shortcut]"[yes/no] is displayed when deleting files. This can be disabled by right click Recycle, properties, uncheck confirmation (to disable recycle confirmation) and disable the recycle bin entirely (to disable permanent confirmation). It can also be disabled by regedit hklm/hkcu ConfirmFileDelete:0, and gpedit 'Display confirmation dialog when deleting':disable.
I've done these and local files/folders delete without prompt (my desired behavior) whether delete or shift+del, however network drives(browsed via unc or drive letter mapped) continue to prompt - is there any way to disable the prompt on external/network drives?
(not looking for an alternative file browser, or command line methods, which would likely work and are what I'll use if windows native file explorer doesn't support this)
TIA
Strange problem:
Whenever I delete a file on my Windows 10 -laptop, the pop-up window asks "Are you sure you want this file to be permanently deleted" (or something along those line, my system language is finnish).
However, the settings in my recycle bin are set so that the files should first go there, and be permanently deleted upon emptying the bin.
Even if I drag a file to the bin, the same window appears, saying "Are you sure you want this file to be permanently deleted".
What could be the problem? Thanks in advance!
MIcrosoft Support KB 320031,
HOW TO: Bypass the Recycle Bin When You Delete Files and Folders in Windows XP
Permanently Bypass the Recycle Bin
You can permanently bypass the Recycle Bin by changing the configuration of the Recycle Bin:
- Right-click the Recycle Bin, and then click Properties.
- In the Recycle Bin Properties dialog box,
click to select the Do not move files to the Recycle Bin.- Remove files immediately when deleted check box.
- Click OK.
You can also configure Windows XP to skip the confirmation message whether or not you are using the Recycle Bin. In the Recycle Bin Properties dialog box, click to clear the Display delete confirmation dialog check box, and then click OK.
ps: I moved away from XP some time back; can't confirm this. Note that a permanent bypass might be dangerous.
Tell me if it works for you.
Follow these steps:
- Right click on the Recycle Bin and select
properties. - Uncheck the
Display delete confirmaion dialog box. - Click
Applythen OK.
I have a Synology NAS with a Windows mapped drive that is configured to reconnect at logon. Any time that I attempted to delete a file from this mapped drive within Windows File Explorer, I was presented with a dialog box that asked "are you sure you want to permanently delete" the file.
My desired action is that the file be completely deleted and not moved to the Recycle Bin.
Most answers that I found on the internet incorrectly identified the solution as something that uses Group Policy, a registry change, or the additional step of using SHIFT+DELETE (which may work, but was not an answer to the problem). Some answers suggested modifying the properties of the Recycle Bin, and choosing "Don't move files to the Recycle Bin". This was not a solution for a mapped drive because a mapped drive did not appear in the list of Recycle Bin Locations; only my local drives (and Google Drives) showed up there.
I found the solution on an archived forum from several years back; the usernames were no longer with the post so I cannot thank OP for the solution that they provided.
To make a mapped drive show up in the list of Recycle Bin Locations so that you can configure it's behavior in the Recycle Bin properties, you can move one of the folders from your user profile to the mapped drive; this will make the mapped drive then show up in Recycle Bin Locations.
Under C:\Users\[yourUser]\, move one of these folders by right-clicking the folder, choosing properties, and then choosing the "Location" tab. Click "Move" and browse to the root of your mapped drive, and click "Select Folder."
I chose to move the "Searches" folder; I've never known anyone to use it. If you do use it, I would love to know how you utilize it.
Open the properties of the "Recycle Bin" and untick the "Display delete confirmation dialog" option for the mapped drive.
I hope that this helps someone get to a similar solution faster than I was able to!
I use Powershell.
Give it a try and see if it works for you.
Go to search and type Powershell and then right click it and select run as administrator.
Command i use to remove a file say from my documents folder is this..
Remove-Item –path c:\users\sarah\documents\myfile.txt - force
Let me know if that helps.
I try doing that a positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument -