Maximum allowed Recycle Bin size

Policy ID: RecycleBinSize
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › File Explorer

Description

Limits the percentage of a volume's disk space that can be used to store deleted files.

If you enable this setting, the user has a maximum amount of disk space that may be used for the Recycle Bin on their workstation.

If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can change the total amount of disk space used by the Recycle Bin.

Note: This setting is applied to all volumes.

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER