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James Bentley

People are shaming a Redditor for not emptying their 300 GB recycle bin and I realised mine is just as bad

A screenshot from Navicula Meatus showing a strange human-like creature emerging from a bin in a decrepit environment.

When's the last time you emptied the recycling bin on your PC? If the answer is right this second because you got self-conscious, then you're not alone. However, if you haven't waited nearly a decade to do so, you aren't quite as bad as one Redditor.

As user Illuminated Autocrat shared on Reddit, they just deleted 557,459 files from their recycling bin because they forgot to clear it out for almost a decade. That makes for 302 GB total, or 0.5 MB per file. They reportedly upgraded from 500 GB to 4 TB of storage over the years, "so the bin grew with it". They add, "free storage upgrade, I guess."

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