Recycle Bin Corrupted Error Windows 11 Fix [2026]

Quick Answer: Recycle Bin corrupted due to permission or file system issue. Reset Recycle Bin for each drive using rd command.

Fix

rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin
rd /s /q D:\$Recycle.bin

takeown /f C:\$Recycle.bin /r /d y
icacls C:\$Recycle.bin /grant administrators:F /t

chkdsk C: /f

Recycle Bin recreates automatically on restart

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