However, when you delete files from a USB flash drive, the data won’t end up in the bin. It is true that files can be deleted and sent to the Recycle Bin from other HDD partitions. Keep in mind that USB flash drives do not have $Recycle.bin folders. Tip 2: Be mindful of the files you delete from your flash drive So, it is important that you avoid pressing the Shift key while you’re removing a file. When you hold that key, you can erase a file without sending it to the recycling bin first. If the same thing happened to you, you probably pressed the Shift key while you were deleting a file. Sometimes, users discover that their recently deleted files are not in recycle bin on Windows 10 because they unknowingly bypassed the folder.
