# Why did tagspaces created these folders: "System Volume Information" and "$RECYCLE.BIN"?

**URL:** <https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526>\
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**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526 "2025-07-28T11:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![California](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@California](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/California)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526/1 "2025-07-28T11:16:02Z")

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I recently installed tagspaces and connected my first location D:

Right after doing so, I see two folders listed in tagspaces folder view as shown below:

 ![Screenshot 2025-07-28 163355 - Copy](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/tagspaces/original/1X/3403b2fe4bfce6a1f5f3fdf330fe5ba42058b85a.png)

Inside the $RECYCLE.BIN folder, there is another folder with name S-l -5-21-3384281028-213457961-3296585000-1001 and inside this folder, there are many files which I deleted long time ago from D: directory (and are currently present in windows recycle bin).

System volume information folder is empty.

These folders are NOT visible in windows file explorer.

I added another location C:\Applications\_setup\_I\_installed and in this location, none of the two folders got created.

OS: Windows 11 23H2  
Version: tagspacelite v6.5.2

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**Author:** ![ilian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ilian/32/6_2.png) [@ilian](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ilian)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526/2 "2025-07-28T11:47:37Z")

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TagSpaces does not create such folders →

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/tagspaces/original/1X/acd80694d337a4d208662164d7d3b8a7a5d6c738.png)

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**Author:** ![California](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@California](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/California)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526/3 "2025-07-28T18:50:23Z")

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Oh, sorry. Should have just websearched it.

But another question: Tagspaces search give results from this “$RECYCLE.BIN” folder contents as well. Is there a way to disable this? OR the only "solution is to avoid connecting location to the root of a volume/partition?

If this is related: In settings, the following is disabled: Show files/folders with a dot(.) in front of the name (e.g. Unix, Linux, OS X hidden files)

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**Author:** ![ilian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ilian/32/6_2.png) [@ilian](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ilian)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526/4 "2025-07-29T12:02:02Z")

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Files and folder with . in front of the name are hidden only in Unix-like system but not in Windows.

For ignoring folders you can use this settings in the location properties: [Locations Overview | TagSpaces Docs](https://docs.tagspaces.org/ui/locations/#ignore-patterns)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/tagspaces/original/1X/a7038c49a27bf283869a1843d7430f28e639bbe1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![California](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@California](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/California)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/why-did-tagspaces-created-these-folders-system-volume-information-and-recycle-bin/526/5 "2025-07-29T19:37:12Z")

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Thank you so much for the help!