The Recycle Bin

The recycle bin in Windows is used to when you delete an item from your computer, such as a photo or letter, the deleted item goes into the recycle bin.

The deleted item will stay there until youu choose to "empty" the recycle bin. you can also open up the recycle bin to see which files you have deleted.

To delete all items in the recycle bin, hov over the bin with the mouse pointer, then using your mouse or the buttons on your laptop click the right hand button, you will then see and small menu appear, the two main options you will need are "Empty Recycle Bin" and also "Open", remember if you select the option of "empty" the contents of the reycyle bin are gone.
The option to "open" will bring up another window with various options, here you can empty the recycle bin or to delete a certain file you can click with the left button and then press the delete key on your keyboard to delete forever. You can also "right" click the item and select delete that way.