Windows 10 packs a lot of safety and security features to help you save your data from being deleted by accidental clicks and taps. That’s why when you press the Delete button on your keyboard after selecting a file/folder, you will see a pop-up to confirm the deletion. Well, how to disable this confirmation dialog?
The pop-up always asks, ‘Are you sure you want to move this file/folder/shortcut to the Trash?’ with two options — Yes and No. Windows works this way to help users avoid deleting important files by mistake. Savvy users are more knowledgeable and just get frustrated by this behavior. If you’re part of that group, then you’ll be happy to know that Windows provides a way to turn off those confirmation messages.
On the other hand, some Windows users want to have this feature back in Windows 10, which is disabled by default.
Let’s get started.
1. Enable or Disable the Delete Confirmation Dialog from Settings
Step 1: Locate the Recycle Bin on your desktop and right-click it to select Properties. You will also find the Recycle Bin inside File Explorer (Windows key + E shortcut).
Step 2: You can easily enable or disable this feature by checking/unchecking the option “Show deletion confirmation dialog”. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.
Did you notice there is another option to completely bypass the Recycle Bin while deleting files? Checking that will delete the file immediately, so only use it if you must.
2. Enable or Disable the Delete Confirmation Dialog with Registry Editor
Registry Editor is available on all versions of Windows, including the Home Edition. Editing Registry Editor is complicated and that’s why you should back it up before proceeding with this solution.
Step 1: Open the Start menu and search for Registry Editor. Click Run as administrator to open with appropriate permissions.
Step 2: Navigate to the folder structure below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Note: If a folder is missing, you can right-click on the main folder to create a new subfolder. For example, if the Explorer folder is missing, right-click Policy and select New > Key and name it that way. The folders are called Keys and the files inside them are called Values in the Registry Editor. We call them folders and files to make it easier for readers to understand and follow the steps.
Step 3: Open the file ‘ConfirmFileDelete’ in the right window pane. If it’s missing or you’ve just created the required folders, right-click anywhere on the right side to choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value to give it a name.
Step 4: Double-click the ConfirmFileDelete file to open it and set the value to 1. Save changes. Check if you still get the delete confirmation dialog when pressing the Del button on your keyboard.
3. Enable or Disable the Delete Confirmation Dialog in the Group Policy Editor
Unlike Registry Editor, Group Policy Editor or GPE is only available on Windows Pro and Enterprise editions. You can follow this method if the method shared above doesn’t work or works in a company that has an enterprise server installed. The latter will allow you, the system administrator, to enforce these settings on all or a group of computers connected to the server. If in doubt, talk to your supervisor.
Step 1: Search and open the Group Policy Editor in the Start menu and open it. You will be asked for administrative rights. Please allow it.
Step 2: See the details of the folder structure below.
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer
Find the item ‘Show confirmation dialog when deleting files’ in the right window pane and double-click it to open it.
Step 3: Select the Enabled radio option in the pop-up then to enable the delete confirmation dialog and Off to disable it. Don’t forget to click Apply to save the changes before closing the popup.
Delete on Windows
Now that you know why Windows gives you a confirmation pop-up, you can handle it however you like. In case you want to skip the confirmation message, hold down the Shift key, then delete the files directly from your computer. Thankfully, even if you accidentally delete something, it can still be restored easily from the recycle bin or things that were deleted directly. There are file recovery apps like Recuva available on the web that help with this process. However, these applications perform better on hard drives because SSDs behave differently. So always keep that in mind when deleting files directly or from the Recycle Bin.
Next: Did you know Microsoft comes with a built-in file recovery tool? Click the link below to learn everything you need to know about it.
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