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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."

I have no room to speak, unfortunately, as I checked and have almost as much data in my recycling bin. I have an 8TB hard drive that has been following me around for years, filled with game capture (so I can make videos), and, well, I now have a spare 300 GB on my PC.…